CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY MANAGERS ELECTS 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LAGUNA HILLS, CA – March 6, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — Seventeen top community association professionals from around the state have been elected to the 2012 board of directors for the California Association of Community Managers (CACMSM). Charged with establishing and overseeing the statewide association’s programs and policies, the board upholds CACM’s code of ethics and standards of practice. The group also serves as an advisory body for CACM’s educational and certification program for community managers.
Gordon Goetz, CCAM, of Goetz Manderley, a Division of The Management Trust in Santa Maria, has been re-elected chair for 2012, with Melinda S. Young, CCAM, PCAM, of Walters Management, ACMF, in San Diego re-elected vice chair. In addition, William Stewart, CCAM, PCAM, with Santaluz Maintenance Association/Merit Property Management Inc., ACMF, in San Diego, has been elected corporate secretary for the association.
Other members of the 2012 board include Doug Christison, CCAM, PCAM, the Christison Co., Livermore; René Decker, CCAM, PowerStone Property Management, Irvine; Jacqueline Dynes, CCAM, DyneNamic CID Management, San Ramon; Lisa Esposito, CCAM, Massingham & Associates, ACMF, Concord; and Roy Helsing, CCAM, the Helsing Group, Inc., ACMF, San Ramon.
Additional board members include Kathryn Henricksen, CCAM, Merit Property Management, Inc., ACMF, Folsom; Diane Houston, CCAM, Transpacific Management Service, ACMF, a Division of The Management Trust, Cerritos; Sandy Huseby, CCAM, PCAM, Crummack Huseby, Inc., Lake Forest; Dan Kocal, CCAM, Kocal Management Group, ACMF, a Division of The Management Trust, Folsom; Vicki MacHale, CCAM, ARK Management, Cardiff by the Sea; Cherié McColley, CCAM, independent community manager, Chula Vista; Bruce Ratliff, CCAM, Action Property Management, Inc., ACMF, San Francisco; Sharon Topping, CCAM, Merit Property Management, Inc., ACMF, Playa Vista; and Mary Walker, CCAM, Desert Resort Management/Rancho La Quinta Master Association, La Quinta.
“California homeowners are well-represented by the depth of experience on CACM’s new board of directors,” said Karen Conlon, president and chief executive officer of CACM. “California’s economy may be improving, but the recession had a devastating financial impact on homeowners associations, and we see many challenges still ahead. Our board has an enormous responsibility to guide our association – which represents nearly 50,000 homeowners associations statewide – through a host of financial, technological and legal issues in the year ahead.”
Established in 1991, Laguna Hills, Calif.-based CACM was the first community association management organization in the nation to establish a state-specific educational program leading to the designation of “Certified Community Association Manager” (CCAM®) for industry professionals. CACM’s membership is composed of nearly 3,000 California-based professionals from the community association management industry. For more information on CACM, please call (949) 916-2226 from Southern California, 800-363-9771 from Northern California, or visit CACM’s website at www.cacm.org.
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