Liz Johnson Appointed Secy/Treasurer of CalARVC

EBMC welcomes Steven Van Zile

Jenny Alas officially became a United States citizen

Ronald Vaughn Retires

Nicholas Baker & Mary Baker:
Twenty-Seven Years of Dedication

Trudy Morrison, CCAM® Promoted to District Manager to Manage EBMC’s New Novato, CA Office

EBMC's President/COO Stephen Burger receives top real estate honors,

DESIGNATIONS & PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

AHMA Poster Contest Nets Two Winners

EBMC EMPLOYEE EARNS U.S. CITIZENSHIP

JAY KACIRK, OF SAN DIEGO, EARNS INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT'S PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

2008 EBMC SERVICE AWARDS

2007 EBMC SERVICE AWARDS

2006 EBMC SERVICE AWARDS

2005 EBMC SERVICE AWARDS

2004 EBMC SERVICE AWARDS

2003 EBMC SERVICE AWARDS








Liz Johnson Appointed Secy/Treasurer of CalARVC

Liz, property Supervisor at EBMC’s Sacramento District Office, was appointed Secretary/Treasurer at the annual meeting of CalARVC (California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds).  Liz also serves on the CalARVC Board of Directors which meets quarterly.  In addition, she heads the Safety and the new Education Committee which will provide courses to RV Park owners and staff to enhance their understanding of the industry and will qualify for CPO (Certified Park Operator) credit through the national association




Michelle Caspray Receives Scholarship from the American Society of Women Accountants

April 28, 2009, Michelle Caspray, a bookkeeper at Eugene Burger Management Corporation (EBMC) corporate headquarters was honored by the American Society of Women Accounts (ASWA) and was the recipient of the 2009 Annual Scholarship Award. ASWA was formed in 1938 to increase the opportunities for women in all fields of accounting and finance. The purpose of the scholarship is to fund expenses toward certifications such as CPA, CEP, CFE,CIA, CMA or CVA.

Michelle has worked for EBMC since September 2007 and provides multifamily and single-family accounting services to EBMC's Sonoma & Marin clients. All of us at EBMC are very proud of her accomplishments and honored to have her on our team.



Journal of Property Management

The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) has published an article written by Lori Burger, CPM, Senior Vice President on the topic of implementing software solutions. The article, Platform Reform was a feature article in the May/June 2008 issue of the Journal of Property Management. Click here to download article.






Resident Manager, Robyn Whipple Attends Award Winning Curriculum

January 2008 - Robyn Whipple - Resident Manager of Vacaville Park Apartments receives certificates of completion for two courses with the Vacaville Police Department in "No Nonsense Parenting", an award winning curriculum which has helped thousands of parents in cities throughout California. These classes are designed to focus on Strong-Willed Kids. An excellent prevention tool for unifying parents in raising resilient kids as well as assisting in helping Residential Onsite Community Managers to further understand our "Today's Kids".

These classes gave concrete answers for every question asked by parents and managers. Answering questions such as. Never argue again with your child; improve school attendance and performance; prevent or intervene in alcohol and other drug use; assistance with ADD and ADHD kids; and, suicide prevention.

Vacaville park Apartments pride themselves in improving the safety and family atmosphere. Robyn D. Whipple the Manager continuously improves and learns new things to help and maintain safety for Vacaville Park Apartments.




JAY KACIRK TO SERVE ON NATIONAL IREM BOARD

January 1, 2009

Jay T. Kacirk, CPM®, has been appointed to serve on the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) National Diversity Advisory Board and Ethics Hearing & Discipline Board. Jay is a Senior Vice President of EBMC working from EBMC's Carlsbad location.



ROBERT ROSS NEW SAN FRANCISCO IREM DIRECTOR

January 1, 2009

Robert M. Ross, CPM®, CCAM®, was elected to serve on the Board of Directors, as a director, for the San Francisco Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) Chapter # 21, for an additional term. Mr. Ross is the General Manager of The Beacon Commercial Owners Association in San Francisco.



ROBERT ROSS NEW GENERAL MANAGER

AUG 1, 2008

Robert Ross, CPM®, CCAM® has been promoted to the position of General Manager of the Beacon Commercial Association located in San Francisco. Robert has worked with EBMC for thirteen years as an association portfolio manager. Robert serves as a Board Member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management, is an avid 4 wheel drive enthusiast and wine collector. Robert is well-known in the bay area for his dedication to volunteering locally and has led many an evening hike on Mt. Tam.





JENNY ALAS

United States Citizen
March 24, 2008

Jenny Alas, was sworn in today and officially became a United States citizen. Forty-Five (45) of her fellow co-workers at the EBMC Rohnert Park Headquarters Office surprised her with a little EBMC celebration of its own including a bouquet of red, white and blue balloons and a celebration of her accomplishments. Ms. Alas joined EBMC in 2007 as a multifamily accounting bookkeeper. Ms. Alas learned quickly and is one of EBMCs most accomplished bookkeepers. Formerly from the country, El Salvador, Ms. Alas lives in Petaluma, California with her parents.




RONALD E. VAUGHN
SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT

FARWELL - AFTER 29 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENTS

It is with heavy heart and emotion that we recognize that Ronald Vaughn, Senior Vice President of Eugene Burger Management Corporation (EBMC) is officially retiring. Ron and his wife Willie will now take life at a slightly different pace enjoying their lovely home and vineyard in beautiful Sonoma, California.

Ron was responsible for human resources and partnership administration and worked in EBMC’s corporate office located in Rohnert Park, California. On February 6, 2008, EBMC staff celebrated his achievements.

Over the past (29) years, Mr. Vaughn assisted EBMC in the development of policy and coordinated human resource activities and was instrumental in the development of EBMC’s corporate manuals and employee handbooks. He followed legislation, legal decisions, industry trends and EBMC’s compliance with federal and state laws. Additionally, he coordinated training presentations to employees regarding personnel policies and practices.

Mr. Vaughn managed the fiduciary relationships with the Company’s investors, coordinated the reorganization and recapitalization of real estate partnerships and coordinated activities concerned with the selling of partnership assets.

His broad experience in liaison activities with governmental agencies and financial institutions provided him with the ability to communicate at all levels with EBMC’s estate management and investment partners.

All of us at EBMC will miss Ron’s sense of humor, dedication to his work product and the charming presence he gave on any corporate event. A true team player, the Rohnert Park staff will miss him immensely.

We are sure that all of Ron’s friends around the EBMC world will join in wishing him great enjoyment of his retirement.


Nicholas Baker & Mary Baker

Twenty-Seven Years of Dedication

EBMC is Very Proud.Nicholas (Bill) Baker, CPM – District Manager of EBMC’s Santa Ana office announced his retirement from EBMC effective January 31, 2008. Bill joined EBMC on May 20, 1980, as an onsite Residential Manager at the Palmdalia Apartments and on October 21, 1985, was promoted to District Manager overseeing EBMC’s Santa Ana operations and has continued to serve EBMC in this position for twenty-two years.

Mr. Baker was appointed as Vice President of Eugene Burger Management Corporation on October 21, 1990, and has used his talents and expertise throughout the years to enhance EBMC’s operations. Mr. Baker pursued higher education and obtained the prestigious Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation from the Institute of Real Estate Management (Key # 11885) and California Salesperson license.

Mr. Baker’s wife, Safronia (Mary) Baker also began working at EBMC on May 20, 1980. Ms. Baker began her career with EBMC as a bookkeeper at Palmdalia Apartments and within a few years was promoted to Resident Manager. On July 27, 1981, she relocated to Canyon Apartments an Officer Administrator and was soon after promoted to Resident Manager. Ms. Baker remained at Canyon Apartments until 1992 and then transferred to Cascade Terrace as Resident Manager where she works today.

EBMC is proud to have had both of these talented employees as a member of the EBMC family. All of us at EBMC will sorely miss their hard work and dedication. Bill was instrumental in assuring that EBMC’s Southern California gave Northern California a difficult challenge in a fight for the EBMC coveted baseball trophy. All of Bill and Mary’s staff wish them the very best in their new journey together. Congratulations, a job well done.





Trudy Morrison, CCAM® Promoted to District Manager to Manage EBMC’s New Novato, CA Office


On October 1, 2007, EBMC acquired the accounts of Excel Management Associates, a Novato, California based property management firm. The portfolio consisted of eleven (11) common interest development accounts. EBMC has promoted Ms. Trudy Morrison, CCAM®, to the position of District Manager of the new branch office located at 1701 Novato Boulevard, Suite # 302, Novato, California. The office will provide consulting and management services to homeowners’ association, multifamily residential, single-family, commercial properties. Trudy joined Eugene Burger Management Corporation (EBMC) in 2002.

Property Manager’s Joe Dorsey, Ted Donaldson, CCAM®, Ingrid Groshel and Stephanie Kerbs have relocated from EBMC’s Rohnert Park and Larkspur offices to join Ms. Morrison. The remainder of the Larkspur staff have also relocated to this location.

Marin County has always been a solid market for EBMC’s services and the new Novato office will better support its clients and enhance its operations.




William (Bill) Miller - Joins EBMC as its new Executive Vice President

Bill joined EBMC this month and will be working directly with me to enhance EBMC’s corporate structure. We are very excited to have Bill part of EBMC’s management team. As many of you know, EBMC has not had an Executive Vice President of the firm since Mr. Joseph Guth, CPM®, passed in 1998.

Over the years EBMC has expanded its operations immensely and we recognize the need to improve communications to assure uniform procedures and quality control. Bill will assist me in the day-to-day activities of the Corporation and will supervise EBMC’s accounting department. Bill will be based in Reno but will regularly travel to all EBMC offices.



EBMC's PRESIDENT/COO STEPHEN BURGER RECEIVES TOP REAL ESTATE HONORS

Steve Burger recently received the highest honor awarded to a property management professional in the Bay Area, The Frankly H. "Jeff" Lyons Award for Career Service by the Institute of Real Estate management (IREM). This is the highest honor for professionalism awarded by the Bay Area Chapter of IREM which covers 11 counties and has over 500 members.

This award is not made by the Chapter every year and is reserved for instances when the Officers of the Chapter believe it to be appropriate. The last award was made four years prior.

Ceremonies in San Francisco were held December 15, 2002 in recognition of Outstanding Career Service to the Chapter, its Membership and the Property Management Profession.

A Certified Property Manager (CPM) and Certified Shopping Center Manager (CSM), Burger served as president of
the area IREM Chapter in 1997. He has also held numerous positions with local and national property management associations.

Mr. Burger's company manages residential and commercial property in California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Florida. EBMC, an Accredited Management Organization (AMO) company, has also been honored by the property managers' group.



AHMA Poster Contest Nets Two Winners

The Affordable Housing Management Association (AHMA) publishes a calendar every year that is illustrated by talented young artists. The artwork – with an anti-drug theme – gives creative youngsters all across the nation a chance to show off their skills and perhaps win a scholarship at the same time.

The 2004 calendar features the artwork of two residents from an EBMC-managed property.

Bozica Music, Resident Manager of the Santa Clara Terrace Apartments, has for several years been a big supporter of the AHMA poster contest. In past years, she was able to encourage more participants from her site to take part in the contest than any other location. Last year, she noted, there were 24 youngsters who prepared posters for the competition. The effort paid off, as there has been one winner from Santa Clara Terrace every year for the past four years. This year, however, only three youngsters created submissions, and yet two of them became national winners.

For one of the winners – 18-year-old Liliya Timonichev – it was a repeat performance, as she also won the contest in 2001. The other winner is Megana Bahtt, 13. The children receive cash scholarships for their efforts, Music noted.

In Southern California, participation was terrific. At Coachella Valley Apartments, 46 youngsters submitted entries, while there were 14 entries submitted from both Voorhis Village Apartments and Town and Country, according to Bill Baker, Vice President of the Santa Ana Area office.




EBMC EMPLOYEE EARNS U.S. CITIZENSHIP

Ilya Lyubarskiy, Maintenance Team Member at The Headlands in Marin County, officially became a citizen of the United States on June 19, 2002. He emigrated to the U.S. in 1994 from Uzbekistan. Ilya was honored for his accomplishment at the recent Northern California employee picnic, when Lori Burger, Vice President, Property Manager, introduced him to the gathering before awarding him with a special recognition.

Also in honor of Ilya's accomplishment, Henno Heitur, Site Manager at The Headlands, wrote an article for the homeowner association's newsletter, which is excerpted here.

"Ilya grew up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, near Afghanistan, under the blanket of Soviet Communism. For more than 25 years he was an engineer and thermodynamic technician for a huge power station. "While a Soviet citizen, Ilya was twice detained by the KGB for protesting the invasion of Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan." After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Henno said, Ilya feared for his family's safety so they emigrated to the U.S. "The expensive process exhausted his family's life savings. Because of his age and language challenges, he struggled to find suitable work."

In 1996, Ilya was offered a job at EBMC., working part-time work as a groundskeeper. He was promoted to a full-time position where, in addition to his groundskeeping duties, he was also working as an electrician, plumber, painter and carpenter at The Headlands.

"Among his many accomplishments," Henno's article continued, "is that he has almost single-handedly expanded and kept our firebreaks clear of brush over the past couple of years, which has substantially improved our ability to fend off future wildfires."

"Ilya is one of the most dedicated men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing and working with," Henno said. "Ilya represents the type of can-do immigrant from American history who helped to build this country into what it is today."



JAY KACIRK, OF SAN DIEGO, EARNS INSTITUTE OF REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT'S PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Jay Kacirk, CPM®, of the San Diego, CA-based Eugene Burger Management Corporation, AMO®, has earned the Institute of Real Estate Management's (IREM's) prestigious Professional Achievement Award.

"IREM has chosen to honor one outstanding individual for this award," noted Ron Goss, CPM®, 2000 Senior Vice President of IREM's Membership Admissions Division. "Jay Kacirk has been very active nationally, including serving as Regional Vice President for Region 11, Vice Division Director of the Chapter Activities Division, and a current Governing Councillor."

Goss added, "Locally, Jay has taught more than 20 offerings of Course 101, approximately 10 offerings of the Managing Single Family Homes course, and served the San Diego chapter in officer positions from 1985 through 1993, including chapter president in 1992."

Those earning the Professional Achievement Award must have distinguished themselves professionally in the field of real estate management. To be considered for the award, a property manager must be a member of IREM®, must have completed six required courses and must have met at least three elective requirements including:

Taught any approved Institute course or any approved IREM chapter seminar for a minimum of 100 hours.

Written or been a contributing author to a full-length book published by IREM

Authored a cassette program published by the Institute

Had published at least three by-lined articles in the Journal of Property Management

Held a local chapter office as president, vice president or the equivalent, secretary, or treasurer for at least three years

Held a national IREM position as president, president-elect, secretary/treasurer, senior vice president, vice division director, regional vice president, committee chairman, or committee vice chairman for at least three years

Written and developed seminars or courses that have proved of benefit to IREM or to the real estate profession as a whole

Attended education programs sponsored by IREM or other approved organizations totaling a minimum of 30 classroom hours

Been a featured speaker or panelist for an education session during a national IREM meeting



2008 SERVICE AWARDS

FIVE YEARS

FRANCISCO CUELLAR - Imperial Villas
SANDRA LEVINE - Penn Square
AGNES HON - San Francisco office
TRUDY MORRISON - Marin office
GENEVIEVE CASTRO -St. Francis Manor
JOSEPH DORSEY - Marin Office
ELENA BOSLEY - Riverview
DARYL HORNE - Walker House
ELENA FERNANDEZ - Rohnert Park
GREGORY GOOD - Headlands
ROBERT HAENEL - Reno
STEWART SCHERF - Corporate
CHAD BAKER - Westminster Arms
CAESAR SERRANO - Carson Catalina
CAROLYN WITHERS - Rohnert Park
OVIDIO GONZALEZ - Voorhis Village

TEN YEARS

CORINNE HEALD - Rohnert Park
MILDRED MC CLUNG - Imperial Villa
JORGE CASTILLO - Spyglass
NORMA CHAPEK - East Yolo
LINDY COLLINS - Grove Park
RAMON GOMEZ-QUEZADA - Lakeridge Villas
CRAIG LOGAN - St. James Village
SALOME MACASPAC - Rohnert Park
JOHN MIESEN - Fairway Village
CAROL MELENDEZ - Rohnert Park
KATHY HOWARD - Carlsbad
DOLORES KACIRK - Carlsbad
HELEN KEMP - Carson Catalina

FIFTEEN YEARS

WILLIAM WHIPPLE - Parkwood Assoc. (Reno)
ROBERT FREITAS - American River Gardens
DOROTHY WILLIAMS - Unity Homes

TWENTY YEARS

JAMIESON KACIRK - Carlsbad
SAM AUSBERRY - Unity Homes

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS

FRED WYNN, JR. - St, Francis Manor

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