RHO Honors
The 2011 GEMM Award Winners

The Greater Excellence in Management and Maintenance (GEMM) Awards recognizes the rental housing industry's best and brightest in the Greater East Bay. This year's recipients and finalsts were exceptional examples of what it means to provide quality housing.

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2011 GEMM AWARD WINNERS

Award Recipient                 Other Finalists in Each Category
Category
Company

Thomas Hughes                         Stacy Hamilton/Woodlark/DeAnza/Felson Companies
Community Manager                  Mike Luna, Owner (properties located in S. Ala. Cty)
Kona Kai Apartments/Concord
1-50 Units
Castle Management



Ronda Mattie                             Kathy Skillern/Robert Lane Townhomes/Felson Companies
Community Manager                  Lanaia Villegas/Villas Monterosso/Braddock & Logan
Montoya Gardens/San Pablo
51-100 Units
Woodmont Real Estate

Michelle Bowser                      Hazel Norris/Willows Townhomes/Vasona Mgmt.
Community Manager                            Ronald Heald/Vasona Management
Valley Plaza Apartments
101-200 Units
E & S Ring

Mitzi Rayome                             Adela Macias/Glen Oaks Apartments/Vasona Mgmt.
Community Manager                            Donna Dietrich/Kentwood Apartments/Braddock & Logan
Crow Canyon Apartments
201+ Units
BRE

Tower Apartments                                Olivera Villa Apartments/Castle Mgmt.
Rental Community                                 Crestview Apartments, SPM Properties
51-100 Units
Sequoia Equities

Signature at Renaissance Square       Delta-Belle-Redwood West/Shamrock Realty
Rental Community                                 Mission Heights, Felson Companies
101-200 Units
Signature Properties

Muirlands at Windemere                       Sandpiper Village Apts/Sequoia Equities
Rental Community                                 Glen Oaks Apartments/Vasona Management
201+ Units
Fairfield Properties

Kristen Bean  
Administrative Assistant
Sequoia Equities

Velvet Harristakis                      Darla Black/Crow Canyon Apartments/BRE
Assistant Manager         Suzanne Ippolito/Pk.Wood/Amador Lakes/Rafanelli & Nahas
Glen Oaks Apartments               
Vasona Management

Diane Cockrell                          Melissa Meyers/Cross Pointe Apts./Sequoia Equities
Leasing Professional                             Ali Feroza/Verandas Apartments/BRE
Sycamore Hills by the Bay
Semik & Laurie Oungoulian/
Sycamore Hills by the Bay

S-Club Sequoia Equities          Sycamore Hills by the Bay/Semik & Laurie Oungoulian
Resident Relations Program                  The Commons Apartments/Sentinel Corp.
Sequoia Equities

Aeris Properties                                                Felson Companies
Management Company of the Year              Woodmont Real Estate Services
Aeris Properties/Carie Powell, Owner

Sycamore Hills by the Bay                               Rohlffs Concordia Manor,/EAH
Senior Rental Community of the Year          The Groves @ Dublin Ranch, Senior,/FPI
Semik & Laurie Oungoulian, Owners     

Vickie DeSofi                                         London Weber, Fairfield Properties LP
Regional/Portfolio Manager of the Year     Doug Smith, VP/Fuller Enterprises
Felson Companies

Hector Alaniz                                           Jorge Muela/Verandas/BRE Properties
Maintenance Supervisor                        Mark Wiseman/Mission Peaks I & II/BRE
Kentwood Apartments
100+ Units
Braddock & Logan

Andrei Barna                                       Vazrik Sarkissian, Sycamore Hills by the Bay
Maintenance Supervisor                             James Simmons/Paseo Garden Apts./Vasona Management
Tower Apartments
1-100 Units
Sequoia Equities

Ricardo Santiago, Jr.                          Pete Fernando/Multiple Apts./Aeris Properties
Maintenance Technician            Kimo Mandali/Del Prado Woodmont Real Estate Svcs
Glen Oaks Apartments
100+ Units
Vasona Management

Samuel Brown III  
Porter of the Year
Ashland Garden & Regency Apartments
Vasona Management

Debra Powell                                              Lisa Jensen, WASH Laundry Systems
Industry Partner of the Year                   Arisha Williams, Renoir Staffing, LLC
Individual
Brook Furniture Rental


WASH Multifamily Laundry Systems        Kimball, Tirey & St. John Law Offices
Industry Partner of the Year                   Cagwin & Dorward Landscaping
Company

Reina Cortez                                              Jim Martin, Accurate Flooring
Industry Partner of the Year
On-site Provider
Reina Cortez Housekeeping & Maintenance