Meet Our Team
Mark Nelson, President, Certified General Real Property Appraiser, MAI
As a long-time veteran of Roy R. Fisher, and now president of the company, Mark Nelson brings more than 35 years of experience in the real estate industry to our clients in Iowa, Illinois, and throughout the Midwest.
Mark manages the day-to-day operations of the firm, supervising our appraisal team and research staff, as well as performing duties as the primary appraisal professional in the practice. Roughly half of Mark’s work involves litigation support focused on tax appeals, split between serving taxpayers and their attorneys and assessors. He has developed efficiencies in research and reporting and continues to increase the number of appraisal jobs completed each year.
As an expert in real estate markets, Mark understands the underlying demographic fundamentals and behavior of market participants. He applies strong mathematical and statistical understanding to his appraisal skills. He is often called on to share his expertise in segregating business and real estate value components in complex properties, as well as measuring the value impact due to absorption of distressed and developing properties.
Mark is state-certified appraiser in Iowa and Illinois and has received the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute. He is committed to professional development, taking advanced level continuing education courses, and exceeds the required hours to keep his licenses current. He has held temporary licenses in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska, and continues to work throughout the Midwestern states.
In addition to his role at Roy R. Fisher, Mark is an active member of the community. He has chaired the Davenport Park and Recreation Advisory Board since 2006 and serves on the legislative committee of the Quad City Chamber of Commerce. He is active in local politics.
Mark and his wife are the proud parents of two grown children, one with developmental disabilities. They are members of St. Paul the Apostle Church, as well as the Lake Davenport Sailing Club. As avid gardeners, they can often be found tending to their diverse vegetable and flower gardens at home in Davenport. When not exercising their green thumbs, they also enjoy cooking together and traveling.
Jordan Maus, Certified General Real Property Appraiser
In January 2012, Jordan Maus joined Roy R. Fisher as a Certified General Real Property Appraiser. With an eye for detail and always efficient with his time, Jordan is responsible for writing appraisal reports, general property research, real estate market analysis, and sales/lease research. Additionally, he reconciles income/expense data and performs building inspections, along with almost every other appraisal-related task that is needed!
Jordan began his appraisal career in 2008, training in Chicago. Two years later, he returned to the Quad City area, working as an associate appraiser. He received his General Real Property Appraiser licenses in Iowa and Illinois in the fall of 2013.
In addition to his appraisal work, Jordan was appointed to the Real Estate Appraisal Examining Board for the State of Iowa in May of 2020. He serves as the Vice Chair of the Board and is a member of the Discipline and Peer Reviewer Committees.
Jordan is a graduate of Wartburg College and earned his B.A. in Exercise Science. Prior to becoming an appraiser, he worked as a personal trainer and holds a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist license. When he is not appraising commercial real estate, he enjoys running, playing soccer, rooting for the Chicago Cubs, and traveling with his wife. You can also find him spending free time at Me & Billy in downtown Davenport, the bar and restaurant he co-owns with his wife and in-laws.
Beth Luebke, Office Support
Beth joined the staff at Roy R. Fisher in May 2018. She assists the appraisers with proofreading and transcribes building inspections. Beth also tends the phone and performs comparable property, demographic, and regional and city data research.
She is a Quad City native, loves her family, is a freelance writer, and enjoys traveling abroad. As a volunteer with Compassion International, as well as her prior work for a non-profit organization, she has traveled to Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Kenya, Nepal, and Kazakhstan to meet with church partners.
Kevin Pollard, Certified General Real Property Appraiser, MAI
For more than 30 years, Kevin Pollard managed Roy R. Fisher, bringing his deep knowledge of the commercial real estate market to our clients. Today, he’s shifted his role to focus on litigation support and larger property appraisals while splitting his time between the Quad Cities and Cocoa Beach, Florida, where he now lives with his wife Jeanette.
Noted for his thorough research and expert testimony, Kevin has represented the interests of our clients in cases brought before property tax appeal boards, as well as state and federal courts (including a case defending Hy-Vee Food Store assessments in front of the Iowa Supreme Court).
Kevin is a certified real estate appraiser in Iowa, Missouri, and North Carolina, and received the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute in 1987. In addition to his work in the field, Kevin keeps his appraisal skills sharp through continuing education courses. He has served on state-level, regional and national committees for the Appraisal Institute, as well as the national Board of Directors from 2007 through 2010. Kevin is also a licensed real estate salesperson (Iowa – currently on inactive status) and was a past member of the Greater Davenport Board of Realtors (now rebranded as the Quad City Area Realtors Association).
Although Kevin is well known in the world of commercial real estate appraisals, he’s also earned recognition as a nationally ranked table tennis player. And while he is proud of his accomplishments, he is most proud to be the father of two grown sons, Joseph and Adam. As a semi-retired professional, he and his wife enjoy traveling, checking off international destinations from their bucket list.