An Asset manager & a Regional Supervisor at The Ezralow Company since 1998, May Davoudian has been a Certified Property Manager since 2003, and has worked in real estate management since 1986.

May has been managing multi-family housing projects, Mobil Home Parks, and Self-Storage facilities in Los Angeles and Riverside Counties and this November marks May's 19 th year of service with The Ezralow Company . May attributes much of her success to her company's support of advancement through continuing education at fine educational vessels such as Institute of Real Estate Management, SSA, CAA, NAA & CCIM Institute.

May is currently pursuing her CCIM designation and holds a California Real Estate Sales License. She also holds a bachelor degree in English and a Master degree in Education and has served the Institute of Real Estate Management, Los Angeles (Chapter 6) in several capacities including: VP of Education, and VP of Finance.

May is also the recipient of IREM-LA 2007 President Award, 2008 CPM of The Year Award, and has also served on California Apartment Association Board of Directors- LA Chapter since 2007.

Lynne Miller is a General Manager with Maguire Properties. Lynne manages the US Bank Tower, Westlawn Garage and Maguire Gardens in downtown Los Angeles. Prior to joining Maguire Properties, she was employed by PM Realty Group, managing the American Realty Advisors Los Angeles portfolio after managing the MTV Building in Santa Monica. Before 2003, Lynne managed portfolios of office buildings in Burbank and North Hollywood, Brentwood, Westwood and Santa Monica, Beverly Hills and Monterey Park during a five-year period with Arden Realty, Inc. Prior to joining Arden Realty, Inc., Lynne worked for Cushman & Wakefield as Property Manager at One California Plaza. Before moving to Los Angeles, Lynne was a Leasing Assistant at Silverstein Properties, Inc. in New York City. Lynne has served in several capacities in the IREM-LA Chapter, including V.P.-Finance, V.P.-Administration, V.P.-Education and Chair of the Diversity Program Committee. Lynne obtained the CPM designation in 2002 and also has the RPA® designation, which was obtained in 2000. Lynne holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix and Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland.

Farzaneh Tofighi, CPM® is 2009 President of Institute of Real Estate Management, Greater Los Angeles Chapter 6. She has served as President Elect, Vice-President of Administration, VP of Education, member of Executive Council and Chair of the Education Committee in the past few years.

In 2003 she was named the IREM-Los Angeles CPM Candidate of the year. In 2007 she was named the IREM Los Angeles CPM of the year.

At the 2007 Western Regional Conference, Farzaneh was presented the 2007 Rising Star Award.

Farzaneh has more than 18 years of diverse experience in the real estate industry. She is currently Vice President and Senior Trust Real Estate Officer of City National Bank overseeing management of properties in trust accounts in different disciplines.

Prior to joining City National Bank, Farzaneh was Portfolio Manager at Charles Dunn Real Estate Services, Inc. managing more than 1.5 million square feet of Industrial properties as well as a shopping center, medical office and apartment buildings. Farzaneh's other positions include Regional Property Manager at PCS Property Management and property supervisor at LB Property Management Company and managed a mixed portfolio of Office Building, Industrial Properties and Multifamily buildings.

Farzaneh holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, is a Certified Property Manager and holds a California Real Estate Broker's License.

Farzaneh facilitates IREM's Ethics course and co-instructs IREM LA's hands-on-Budget Workshop. She has also been a guest speaker at West Los Angeles College for the last three years.

As the 2009 Vice President of Administration, Debbie is serving her second year as an officer for IREM-LA. In prior years, she has assisted with the Programs Committee and the Golf Tournament committee.

For the past 7 years, Debbie has worked for Grubb & Ellis Management Services, Inc. Based in the Downtown Los Angeles, she is a Portfolio Manager, responsible for full-service property management, lease negotiations, and project coordination for a mixed portfolio of properties in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Orange Counties. She has also been a key member of property transition teams, and a contributor to standardization policies and new-employee training. Prior to joining Grubb & Ellis in 2001, Debbie spent 13 years with Charles Dunn Real Estate Services in various capacities, from Regional Office Administrator and Network Liaison, to Senior Portfolio Manager. As a portfolio manager, she worked closely with institutional clients such as The Principal Financial Group, Amresco, and Tokai Bank, as well as many local individual property investors.

Debbie is a Certified Property Manager (CPM ® ) and holds a California Real Estate Sales license. Debbie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from San Diego State University.

Anthony Kuhns has worked in commercial property management for over fifteen years primarily managing major office properties in Downtown and West Los Angeles. He was the Chairperson for the IREM Real Estate Forecast Breakfast in 2001 held at the Hollywood and Highland development and 2002 held at the Biltmore Hotel. His efforts were recognized by receiving the IREM Candidate of the Year in 2001. Subsequently, Anthony served as Vice President of Membership in 2004 and 2005. In 2004, employed with Trizec Properties at the Ernst & Young building, his team won the BOMA "TOBY" award in the 1,000,000 sq. ft. category. Anthony brings enthusiasm and dedication to IREM as this dynamic member driven organization continues to play a valuable role in the real estate community going forward into the twenty-first Century.

Jeffrey Fish is the 2009 Vice President of Communication for the Los Angeles Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management and has previously served as Chair of Communications.

For seven years Jeff has been a part of the Morlin family. Coming from an extensive 10 year customer service background, Jeff was originally hired in 2000 to operate Morlin's 24/7 call center, which directly serviced a major California banking institution. Servicing an estimated 500 calls per week, spanning over 100 locations with an estimated square footage of approximately 1.5 million square feet, Jeff has perfected the ability to coordinate services for a wide array of requests.

In 2002, Jeff was recruited by Morlin to reestablish as well as redevelop a new technological advanced call center that would increase solution time as well as document all service related events in order to assist all levels of management throughout the company.

Between 2003 and September 2006 Jeff assisted in the management of several office and medical facilities in areas of Santa Monica, the San Fernando Valley and Pasadena totaling an estimated 928,000 square feet.

Jeff has also assisted in the technological advances of company's web site and other marketing tools. In 2006 Jeff managed the development of Morlin Asset Management, LP's new website.

Jeff joined Morlin's "LAUSD" Management team as a Portfolio Manager in 2006 and has recently moved into the position of Operations Manager for the District's 1,416,631 square foot Headquarter Building located in downtown Los Angeles. Jeff is excited at the opportunity to employ his knowledge of property management throughout his new assignment.

Jeff currently holds a California Real Estate License and is working through IREM to obtain his CPM designation. Jeff graduated from DeVry University Pomona where he obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Project Management.

Laurie began her career 30 years ago in Commercial Real Estates sales and acquisitions and as a General Partner for several real estate investment partnerships. She is currently the owner and President of Encore Enterprises, Inc., a Burbank Property Management firm.

A Southern California native, Laurie has been a Real Estate Broker, Property Manager and business owner for over 20 years. She received her CPM and CCIM designations in 2003 and served the IREM LA Chapter on the Executive Council, as the Communications Chair and Editor of the IREM LA Magazine for 2 years.

Laurie is the former Vice President of the Apartment Owners Association of Southern California. She directed the operations of five offices servicing the needs of 15,000 members. She was also the editor for AOA's Magazine and Buyer's Guide, for which she wrote many articles on best business practices for apartment owners.

Laurie holds the Community Association Institute's designations of CMCA and AMS as well and is currently pursuing her PCAM designation that recognizes the highest in education and professionalism in the Community Association Management industry.

Roberta Stephens started in the real estate business in 1987 and has been a commercial property manager and leasing agent since 1995. As such, she has substantial experience operating properties within budget, negotiating leases, marketing and filling vacancies, overseeing remodels, supervising maintenance personnel, and maximizing profits for real estate owners. She currently is a Real Estate Specialist for the Los Angeles County of Education. She is responsible for the planning and coordination of the acquisition and management, valuation and negotiation for the acquisition and management of real property.

Roberta is a certified property manager (CPM), holds a California real estate license and is a Notary Public. She earned a Bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and she serves on the Golf Committee and is on the Executive Council of the Institute of Real Estate Management. Roberta and her husband currently live in the South Bay.

Michael J. Prestridge serves as Asset Manager of HSG Properties, a privately held investment company which manages an owned portfolio of primarily small to medium industrial properties.   Since 1997, he also serves as Vice President and General Manager of HSG, Inc., a curtain wall maintenance company providing a wide range of exterior window, metal, masonry, caulking, bird control, Denka Lift, and OSHA consulting services to commercial properties.   In addition he oversees finance as a principal and CFO of Century Restoration, Inc., a commercial caulking, waterproofing and curtain wall restoration contractor created from HSG and the former AMS companies.

Prior to joining HSG, Inc. in 1997, Mike served as Property Manager for Heitman Properties, Ltd. where he was responsible for property operations, asset enhancement, financial reporting and due diligence/disposition activities for multiple commercial Class-A office properties.   He was also previously a Property Manager for Royce Property Services overseeing commercial office buildings, and for The Dorchester, a luxury high-rise condominium in Los Angeles.   Mike had a previous technical career as a Technical Support Manager and Operations Analyst for Light Signature, Inc. a former subsidiary of Telecredit, Inc., which owned a proprietary anti-counterfeiting technology.

Mike attended UCLA where he performed undergraduate studies in Math/System Science Engineering.   He is an IREM Certified Property Manager CPM®, is progressing towards Certificate in Real Estate Investment at UCLA Extension, and is also pursuing the Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation from the CCIM Institute.  

As an active member of IREM and BOMA, Mike currently serves on the IREM LA Executive Council and on the Real Estate Forecast Committee (Past Chair 2006).   He is currently Co-Chair of the BOMA GLA TOBY Awards Committee.

Claudia Ng serves as Vice President Trust Real Estate Officer for Wealth Management Services at City National Bank. In this capacity, she manages commercial, industrial and residential real estate properties throughout Southern California.

Ms. Ng has nearly 10 years of professional experience in real estate manangement. Prior to joining City National, she served as Assistant Vice President and Property Manager at Jalmar Properties. Inc. where she was responsible for managing commercial, industrial and residential properties in California, Arizona and Nevada. Ms. Ng also has significant expertise in state and federal court receiverships. Her experience includes involved state court actions filed by secured creditors of commercial, residential and retail properties, as well as cases filed in federal court concerning governmental enforcement actions.

Ms. Ng received her Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of California Los Angeles. She holds a Real Estate Salespersons license from the California Department of Real Estate, a Certified Property Manager (CPM®) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) and is a Realtor® with the Beverly Hills Board of Realtors. Ms. Ng currently serves on the Executive Council for the IREM's Los Angele Chapter.

Jerome Avery Champion, CPM ("Certified Property Manager") is Multifamily Program Advisor to the Los Angeles Field Office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In his present role, Mr. Champion provides program and technical advice to the Multifamily Housing Director and the Department's staff.   In addition, he is responsible for cross-program analysis of complex structured-financing transactions involving affordable and workforce housing developments, coordination of development of nonprofit housing trust fund activities, and implementation of national and local program initiatives for the Southern California area which is comprised of 12 counties from Fresno to San Diego and contains a population of more than 22 million people - the Los Angeles Field Office is the largest in the nation.

Throughout his career Jerome has developed, managed, and provided program delivery to residential and commercial income properties with a value exceeding $50 billion.   He has been a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) since 1978 and a Certified Property Manager (CPM) since 1982 - in addition, he is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Affordable Housing Manager (AHM) and Tax Credit Compliance Manager (TaCC).   In 2004, he was named "CPM of the Year" by IREM, Los Angeles Chapter.   A highly effective leader and advocate for affordable housing, most recently, Jerome successfully caused the collaboration between IREM and the Affordable Housing Management Association (AHMA) to jointly develop a 15-unit college credit affordable housing property management mini-certificate program under the Community Planning and Economic Development Center at Los Angeles Trade-Technological College.   The first course offering is a 16-week class on Practical Multifamily Apartment Management started September 1, 2004.  

Currently he is a member of the adjunct faculty of Los Angeles Trade-Technological College, and formerly part of the adjunct faculty at Keller Graduate School of Management, National University and UCLA Extension Program.   Jerome is a member of the Institute of Real Estate Management, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and Los Angeles County Bar Association.   In addition, he is a former Board of Directors member of American Society of Professional Estimators as well as American Society of Appraisers.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Jerome is former student body president of Cathedral High School.   He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles.   In addition to being a CPM and AHM, Jerome is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and he holds General Securities NASD Series 7 and 63, California Real Estate Broker, and California Property and Casualty and Life and Health insurance licenses.   Jerome is most proud of his past athletic achievements, especially being a former star and member of Cal Berkeley's football team - "Go Bears."

Jacqueline Harris, CPM®, CCIM Candidate is the Director of Property Management for Rexford Realty & Management, a real estate investment fund generating risk-adjusted returns for private investors. Additionally, she is the Instructor of the Practical Apartment Management course at Los Angeles Trade Tech College in partnership with the IREM Greater Los Angeles Chapter #6. Her current responsibilities include over sight of all property management aspects of a 4 million square foot portfolio located throughout Southern California including oversight of joint venture and third party managed properties. Over the past twenty years she has been involved in various aspects of real estate including: Property Manager for affordable multi-family, Property Controller responsible for all financial reporting, Assistant Asset Manager responsible for portfolio valuation/leasing and hold/sale analysis and Commercial Real Estate Manager for REIT's and pension fund advisors.

Ms. Harris is a member of the Los Angeles Trade Tech Advisory Board which oversees the curriculum for the Practical Apartment Management course, one of five courses required for a certificate in Multi-Family Property Management. The course is cutting edge tackling both market rate and affordable housing within one semester. Students are introduced to "best practices" including rent collections, budgeting, property management, property valuation, leasing/marketing and topics pertaining to affordable housing such as annual re-certification, regulatory agreements, and the fundamentals of tax credits.

Ms. Harris holds a Bachelors degree from the University of California at Irvine in Economics. She currently holds the Certified Property Manager (CPM®) designation. Ms. Harris is currently pursuing her Certified Corporate Investment Member (CCIM®) designation. 

Rickey is serving as an Executive Councilor 2007, her sixth time in this capacity and has been an active participating member of the IREM-Greater Los Angeles Chapter No.6 since 1988.

She also holds the CCIM* designation, a California Broker license in addition to her CPM* and is a graduate of UCLA, Bachelors of Arts (Economics).

She has been with Bank of America since 1991 and is currently the West Region Manager for Trust Real Estate Services for the Global Wealth & Investment Management Division overseeing 15 Asset Managers in seven Western states, with a portfolio worth approximately $450,000,000. Prior to becoming the West Region Manager, she was the Commercial Manager for Bank of America's Real Estate Owned division (REO) concurrently with the Trust Real Estate Division.

Prior to joining Bank of America, Rickey was a Senior Portfolio Manager for CB-RichardEllis and prior to that position, Director of Leasing for Park LaBrea/Forrest Cities Management, a multi-family project of 4,172 units on approximately 76 acres in Los Angeles.

Her broad background in real estate, includes extensive experience in both commercial and residential properties, asset management, re-positioning/turn-around strategies, leasing, and construction management as well as trusts, probates and estate planning.

Pamela Huning, CPM ® is the Senior Property Manager with Trammell Crow Company. As the Senior Property Manager Pamela oversees 2 multi-building campuses of nearly 2 million square feet in West Hills and Northridge. Pamela is responsible for property management functions including financial reporting, tenant relations, managing service partners and staff, as well as working with leasing and development teams for Corporate Pointe at West Hills, a 900,000 square foot office project and Harman International Business Campus, a 820,000 square foot office/industrial project for Kennedy Associates on behalf of Multi Employer Property Trust.

Prior to joining Trammell Crow Company, Pamela was the Senior Property Manager with Charles Dunn Company from 1993-2001. Pamela is a member of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) San Fernando Valley Committee and the 2007 IREM/BOMA Real Estate Forecast Breakfast Committee.  

Barbara Barsi, CPM, began her career in residential property management in 1972. She advanced to Regional Property Manager within a short time and spent over 30 years in that capacity. Barbara has held the Certified Property Management (CPM) designation since 1993 and in addition the CAM, and CCRM designations plus a California Real Estate Sales License. She has been an instructor for the California Apartment Association with the CCRM Series as well as the Crime-Free Multihousing Program with law enforcement agencies throughout Southern California.

Barbara served as IREM Chapter President for Inland Empire Chapter #106 in 2003 as well as Executive Council for IREM LA in 2006 and 2010. Barbara received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from the University of La Verne, La Verne, CA.

For the first time since joining the residential property management field, Barbara is a Vendor/Partner with On-Site.com, a Tenant Screening and Lease Document Management company serving the property management industry. In this new capacity, Barbara is still able to dedicate herself to improving the effectiveness of the multihousing property management profession.

Khan is a Business Manager with E&S Ring Management. He manages luxury apartment communities throughout the Greater Los Angeles area. He received his ARM designation in 2006. Received the ARM of the Year Award in 2007 served as 2008 & 2009 Education Chair and currently serving as IREM-LA’s 2010 ARM Chairperson and Executive Councilor. Khan also has his CCRM through the California Apartment Association and his CAM from the National Apartment Association.

Khan attended Emory University in Atlanta, GA and has a BA in International Relations. Outside of the business, Khan has a beautiful family, enjoys the outdoors, the arts, and is a member of the National Ski Patrol and a LA County C.E.R.T. Team member.

Kim Hosea serves as Vice President and Senior Trust Real Estate Officer for the Trust Real Estate department of Wealth Management Services. In this capacity, she manages commercial, industrial and residential real estate properties throughout the US.

Ms. Hosea has over twenty years of professional experience in the real estate development/managerial industry. Prior to joining City National Bank, she served as the Assistant Real Estate Director at Jess S. Morgan & Company, Inc., where she was responsible for managing commercial, industrial and residential properties in California, Florida and Arizona. Past positions also include Assistant Real Estate Manager for Trident Group, Inc., where she was an integral part of the team responsible for developing and managing commercial and industrial real estate properties throughout Southern California.

Ms. Hosea holds her Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation and currently serves as the Legislative Chairperson for IREM’s Los Angeles Chapter.

Ildiko Peter serves as an asset manager and the regional supervisor for Yale Management Services, Inc., since 2002. 

Ms. Peter started her property management tenure in 1984, overseeing the operations of residential properties, mobile home parks, and commercial buildings.  Ildiko has also been involved with supervising new constructions and lease up of more than 15 A+ apartment projects ranging from 150 units to 325 units in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles Area.

Ildiko loves reading, traveling and collecting Swarovsky crystals.

Mr. McKeegan is the founder and President of MEI Real Estate Services, a real estate Investment, Brokerage, Management and Consulting firm specializing in the investment, enhancement and repositioning of commercial real estate assets.

Prior to forming MEI Real Estate Services in 1987, he served as a Manager for Jones Lang Wooten International. During his tenure with Jones Lang Wooten, he specialized in the repositioning of Class "A" office building assets.

Prior to Jones Lang Wooten, he worked with Olympic Plaza Partners where he established and successfully ran the largest executive suite in West Los Angeles. Before joining Olympic Plaza Partners, Ed clerked for a number of law firms while attending law school.

A graduate of Niagara University in New York, with degrees in business marketing and political science, he holds a Juris Doctorate from Western State University in Fullerton, California and has attained the Certified Property Manager credential from the Institute of Real Estate Management . He is presently a Certified Commercial Investment Member.

He maintains professional memberships in the Institute of Real Estate Management, CCIM, the Urban Land Institute, the American Industrial Real Estate Association, and the California Association of Realtors. Ed holds a real estate broker license, and is a general contractor in the State of California. In 2003, he served as the Los Angeles Chapter President for the Institute of Real Estate Management.

Sallie Shima Smith, is the principal of C & N Business Consultants. Offering over 20 years of business experience in effectively managing organizational needs for property management companies, corporate departments, and REITS, as well as private investors. C & N’s management team has successfully reorganized companies by creating more effective managers, improving client relations and retention, and implementing effective document controls, resulting in a more profitable bottom line. C & N also has assisted owners in the due diligence process of acquisitions, leading to successful and prudent purchase decisions.

Ms. Smith has extensive background in both large corporate asset oversight and direct management of real estate. Prior to forming, C & N Business Consultants, Ms. Chen was Vice President of various financial institutions and development and property management companies. Ms. Smith's diverse experience includes management of commercial, office, retail and residential apartments in various marketplaces throughout the U.S., for First Nationwide Bank, Western Federal Savings Bank and Farmers Insurance Group of Companies. She has managed portfolios with over 6 million square feet and valued in excess of $500 million. With her vast knowledge and achievements, C & N brings new meaning to the consulting business and new vision to the marketplace. Ms. Smith holds a Master in Business Administration.

Sallie Shima Smith earned the Certified Property Manager designation in 1984. She has been actively involved with the Chapter since 1997, serving on the Board of Executive Council, and most recently, as the Vice President of Finance and Administration. At the Mid-Year Conference in Chicago in 2001, when Sallie was the Vice President of Membership, the Chapter received the First Place Award for The Most Recruitment’s of CPM Candidates. In 1999, she received the CPM of the Year Award for her continued achievements in membership recruitment and the establishment of new membership services. In addition to her involvement with the Chapter, Sallie also serves at the national level of IREM on the International Affairs Committee.