Professional Credentials
Accredited Senior Appraiser, American Society of Appraisers; Machinery & Technical Specialties designation with a specialty in Machinery & Equipment
Certified Equipment Appraiser, Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers, certified and accredited appraiser
Industry Leadership
International Past President, American Society of Appraisers (Current)
International President, American Society of Appraisers (2023 to 2024)
International Vice President, American Society of Appraisers (2022 to 2023)
International Secretary/Treasurer, American Society of Appraisers (2021 to 2022)
Region Governor, American Society of Appraisers, for the Western United States/Australia/East-Southeast Asia (2017 to 2021)
Editor, “Valuing Machinery & Equipment: The Fundamentals of Appraising Machinery and Technical Assets” (Fourth Edition; published 2020)
Member, American Society of Appraisers International Machinery & Technical Specialties Committee (2014-2017)
President, Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers (2014-2016)
Board of Directors, Northern California Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers (2010-2018)
Experience
Garrett is a senior equipment appraiser and a managing partner of Sencer Appraisal Associates. He holds an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) designation from the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) with a specialty in Machinery & Technical Specialties and a Certified Equipment Appraiser (CEA) designation from the Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers (AMEA).
Garrett is an active member of the ASA, elected as ASA’s International President and chair of the International Board of Governors for 2023 and 2024. Garrett served as editor of the fourth edition of ASA’s foundational textbook, Valuing Machinery and Equipment: The Fundamentals of Appraising Machinery and Technical Assets, published in 2020. He also has served as ASA International Vice President, International Secretary/Treasurer, as Region Governor covering the Western United States, Australia, and the Asian Pacific Rim; and as president of both the ASA International Virtual Chapter and the ASA Northern California Chapter. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the appraisal professional, Garrett was honored as Appraiser of the Year in 2023.
Based in Northern California, Garrett has performed equipment appraisals for clients across the United States, Mexico, Asia, and Europe. His clients have included the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the United States military, local and regional banks, charitable organizations, business brokers, legal and accounting firms, private individuals, and business clients from single-proprietorships to Fortune 5 corporations.
