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.

Charles Brown is currently a General Manager for Morlin Asset Management, LP. In his current position, he handles the Property Management and Facilities Management functions for a 980,000 sq ft property in downtown Los Angeles owned by a public sector entity.

Charles has more than 25 years of experience in both property and facilities management. He started his career as a Facilities Manager for a large insurance company in downtown Los Angeles, and has managed facilities for such industries as insurance, banking, energy, software development, and public education.

As a Property Manager, he has managed numerous buildings, including high rise downtown projects, suburban low rise properties, industrial business parks, and retail sites. His two most notable projects were the City National Plaza (formerly ARCO Plaza) and the Century Plaza Towers in Century City. Both of these projects had more than 2 million square feet of office space, retail space, and significant parking garage operations. His experience includes working for owners, developers, and third party fee management companies.

Mr. Brown graduated from Loma Linda University with a B.A. in Public Address. He holds a California Real Estate license, has earned the titles of Certified Property Manager (CPM®) from the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), and the titles of Real Property Administrator (RPA®) and Facility Management Administrator (FMA®) from the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA). He is active in both BOMA and IREM, having served on the board of directors as well as chairing several committees. He is also active in the International Facility Management Association (IFMA).

Jacqueline Harris is currently President of Harris & Smith Real Estate Specialist LLC, an Asset Management Advisory firm based in Los Angeles.  Ms. Harris has 25 years of commercial real estate experience with expertise in value-add repositioning, portfolio management, budget management programs, preventive maintenance, leasing and marketing.

During her career she has worked in various capacities including: Property Manager, Property Controller, Director of Property Management, Asset Manager, Director of Leasing & Marketing and Vice President of Acquisitions.  Jacqueline began her professional career at Morlin Management Corporation working in various accounting capacities including Property Controller. She spent five years at Cushman & Wakefield’s downtown corporate office managing a 5 million square foot industrial portfolio exclusively for Prudential Life Insurance.  Jacqueline then spent nearly a decade at Catellus Development Corporation (previously Santa Fe Railroad/currently ProLogis) where she developed a national Preventive Maintenance Program and oversaw an 11 million square foot mixed-use portfolio. She has successfully managed office, industrial, residential and retail properties for sophisticated institutional owners such as Prudential Life Insurance, Calpers, Calstrs, Chrysler, Chevron and the State of Virginia. 

Ms. Harris is a CPM® and is currently pursuing a LEED Associate designation from the US Green Building Council.  In 2009 she developed an energy services training program (“GreenCorp”) for the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (LADWP)/Department of Energy (DOE) and consults with real estate owners pursuing utility cost reductions and alternative energy solutions. She has been an active IREM member since 1999 and currently serves as the VP of Administration and Chairperson of the Outreach Committee. 

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.  

Christa Duggan is the General Manager of The Water Garden, a LEED Gold certified, class A project in Santa Monica, CA. Christa first joined the management team at The Water Garden as Property Manager in 2001. She was promoted to Senior Property Manager on the property management team of the iconic Century Plaza Towers in 2004. Quickly demonstrating her expertise and vast experience in real estate management, Christa was promoted again to General Manager and given the opportunity to return to The Water Garden in 2006.

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.

Mr. Anastassiou’s primary responsibility is as General Manager of the Aon Center, a 62-story, 1.1 million s.f. office building. This includes direct management of all operational and financial responsibilities, as well as coordination of the activities for the leasing and construction management teams.

During his tenure at the property, Mr. Anastassiou has focused on increasing the efficiency of building operations and improving services to tenants. He has overseen the replacement or modernization of all major building systems at the property, including the HVAC, elevators, Life Safety and building automation system. In 2008-2009 the property underwent a $15M renovation of the lobby and public areas of the property. In the past Mr. Anastassiou has been responsible for the lease renewals and expansions of existing tenants within the building. In January 2010 the property was awarded LEED Gold certification by the US Green Building Council, the largest multi-tenant building in the country to have achieved this designation level at the time. While at the Aon Center Mr. Anastassiou was named National Property Manager of the Year for Compass Management & Leasing due to his development of asset value enhancement strategies. In 2011 he was recognized as the Los Angeles chapter of IREM's "CPM of the Year".

Mr. Anastassiou has approximately 30 years of experience in the Real Estate Industry. He has served as the Regional Controller for MS Management Services, a subsidiary of Metropolitan Life, and Regional Controller for The RREEF Funds, a national real estate pension fund advisor. Mr. Anastassiou oversaw management of a portfolio of over 80 office, retail and industrial properties for the Charles Dunn Company’s largest client. Mr. Anastassiou began his professional career in the public accounting industry, with the national C.P.A. firm, Main, Hurdman & Cranstoun. Mr. Anastassiou holds a degree in Accounting from the University of Southern California, and has obtained certifications as a CPM with the Institute of Real Estate Management, and as a LEED-AP through the US Green Building Council.

Lynne Miller is a General Manager with MPG Office Trust, formerly Maguire Properties. Lynne currently manages The Gas Company Tower, a 1.3 million square foot office building, and World Trade Center Garage and previously managed the US Bank Tower, a 1.4 million square foot office building, West Lawn Garage and Maguire Gardens, all in downtown Los Angeles. Prior to joining Maguire Properties, she was employed by PM Realty Group, managing the American Realty Advisors Los Angeles portfolio of five buildings in Pasadena, West Los Angeles, Woodland Hills, Studio City and Valencia 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, a 1 million square foot office building in downtown Los Angeles. 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 Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), LA Chapter, including President-Elect, V.P.-Finance, V.P.-Administration, V.P.-Education, Chair of the Diversity Program Committee, Co-Chair of the 2011 Real Estate Forecast Breakfast and a member of various committees. She also has served and continues to serve on the IREM National Education Committee since 2007. Lynne is also active in the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) serving on several committees including the Charities Committee, ChrisMix Committee, Downtown Regional Council and Awards of Excellence Committee.

Lynne obtained the Certified Property Manager® designation from IREM in 2002 and also holds the Real Property Administrator® designation from BOMA, which was obtained in 2000. Lynne holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix, Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Maryland and a real estate salesperson license from California’s Department of Real Estate.

Email: president@iremla.org

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 Ventura Counties and this November marks May’s 21th 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 (IREM), SSA, CAA, & 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, VP of Finance and 2010 Chapter President.

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

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 a Regional Vice President in the Charles Dunn Real Estate Services corporate office, Ms. Conn has over 13 years of real estate experience and currently manages a mixed portfolio in LA County. In this role, she coordinates tenant relations, rent collections, budgeting, financial reporting, CAM billings and management operations. Additionally, her responsibilities include project start up and consulting, managing tenant improvements, organizing and implementing vendor contracts, interfacing with clients, and negotiating leases for new and existing tenants.

Before her position with Charles Dunn, Ms. Conn was with CLS, an architectural firm, where she assisted the principal of the firm with day-to-day duties. This experience led her to becoming adept at overseeing construction projects ranging from tenant improvements to new build-outs. Early in her career at Charles Dunn Real Estate Services Inc., Ms. Conn was also an on-site manager of a Class-A high rise in downtown Los Angeles.

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.

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, 2010 and 2011.   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 managementindustry. In this new capacity, Barbara is still able to dedicate herself to improving the effectiveness of the multihousing property management profession.

Nancy San Pedro is an Asset Manager with Kennedy Wilson and oversees Southern California. Ms. San Pedro is responsible for managing multiple retail properties, office, industrial sites and apartments for institutional clients.  She is well versed in all aspects of property management and oversees lease renewals and negotiations, operations and various tenant improvement projects.  In addition to overseeing the on–site management personnel, she works closely with the owners to ensure their goals and objectives are being met.

Prior to joining Kennedy Wilson, Ms. San Pedro was an Asset Manager for SDG, Inc.  She developed and managed the infrastructure of the property management division for all properties they developed and constructed.  Properties under management included retail, office, industrial and apartments throughout the greater LA area.  In addition, she worked closely with the real estate syndicate investors from the development phase through disposition.  She is well versed in dealing with distressed properties and has extensive experience with delinquencies, foreclosures and evictions.

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.

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.

Presently, Don is the Managing Partner for Pacific National Property Services.  The company and its affiliates provide: real estate consulting, property maintenance services, temporary personnel, general contracting and security services throughout Southern California, Phoenix, Arizona and Salt Lake City, Utah.  Additionally, he is an Instructor for UCLA Extension where he teaches several Real Estate Property Management courses each year.

Mr. Brenon received his Real Estate license in 1980 and began his Property Management career in 1982 as an on-site residential manager. Since that time, has been evolved into many aspects of the real estate industry which include the managing, leasing, acquisition and disposition of commercial & residential properties and management of homeowner associations. His portfolio accumulated to include 340 properties consisting of over 19,500 multi-family units and 5.9 million square feet of commercial space, valued at more than $3 billion.

Mr. Brenon is a Southern California native and grew up in Northern San Diego County.  He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree (Management major) at California State University, Dominguez Hills. An avid player of numerous sports while growing up, he played baseball during his four years of college, which earned him the rare opportunity to play minor league baseball. An unfortunate injury ended his career and shortly thereafter went on to earn his Real Estate Sales license.  Today, he regularly pays tennis, softball and snow skis.