Keystone Pacific Property Management Promotes Renee Morales to Group Coordinator

IRVINE, Calif. — Keystone Pacific Property Management has promoted Renee Morales from senior community association manager to group coordinator.

                “Keystone Pacific is pleased to announce Renee’s well-deserved promotion,” said Denise Bergstrom, vice president of association management of Keystone Pacific Property Management. “She is very committed to the communities she manages and demonstrates the qualities necessary to take on this increased responsibility. She is a true professional in her field.”

                In her new position in the Irvine office, Morales serves in a mentor capacity to a group of community association managers with the goal of ensuring cohesion of team, working autonomously to handle special problems or assist one another in addressing specific client issues. She will continue managing a portfolio of communities throughout Orange County.

                Morales has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the California State University, Fullerton and has obtained the CCAM® (Certified Community Association Manager) designation through the California Community Association Managers. 

Keystone Pacific Property Management Promotes Darren Mandel to District Manager

IRVINE, Calif. - Keystone Pacific Property Management has promoted Darren Mandel from group coordinator to district manager.

                “Darren has demonstrated a true knack for management and is a valuable asset to Keystone Pacific as well as to the communities under his management,” said Denise Bergstrom, vice president of association management of Keystone Pacific Property Management. “His achievements are attributed to his dedicated service and leadership abilities.”

                In his new position in the Irvine office, Mandel supervises a support team of community association managers, a group coordinator and an associate. He is also responsible for training managers and supporting staff, ensuring high quality work is being produced and customer care standards are maintained. He will continue managing a portfolio of communities throughout Orange County.

                Mandel has a bachelor’s degree in hotel administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and has obtained the CCAM® (Certified Community Association Manager) designation through the California Community Association Managers. He is currently pursuing the PCAM® (Professional Community Association Manager) designation.

Kristin Vils of Keystone Pacific Property Management Earns CCAM Designation

IRVINE, Calif. - Kristin Vils of Keystone Pacific Property Management has earned the Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM®) designation through the California Association of Community Managers.

                “Obtaining this designation demonstrates Kristen’s commitment to this industry as well as her continuing education – we are very proud of her,” said Denise Bergstrom, vice president of association management of Keystone Pacific Property Management.

                As the on-site Facilities Manager and Activities Director for the One Ford Road Community Association in Newport Beach, Calif., Vils is responsible for assisting the community association manager of One Ford Road community with the maintenance and operation of all community facilities. She also plans, organizes and directs all community events.

                Vils has a bachelor’s degree in recreation and leisure studies from California State University, Long Beach and also holds an active Notary Public commission.

IAPMO R&T Celebrates Anniversary of First WaterSense® Showerhead Certification

ONTARIO, Calif. — One year has passed since IAPMO R&T completed the first WaterSense® consumer product-labeling program certification of a high-efficiency showerhead in North America — and the program has been going full speed ahead every day since.

It was only three weeks after the US EPA began accepting high-efficiency showerheads into the WaterSense® program in early March 2010 that IAPMO R&T turned around manufacturer Moen Incorporated’s application within 24 hours of its submittal. The qualifying lines of showerheads met the strict WaterSense® standards restricting water usage to no more than 2.0 gallons per minute (gpm), tested at a flowing pressure of 80 pounds per square inch (psi), as well as the performance requirements for spray force and coverage. This fast turnaround enabled Moen to quickly bring to market showerheads bearing the WaterSense® consumer label.

North America’s premier plumbing and mechanical product certification agency has been a licensed provider of WaterSense® certification since 2007, certifying the first lavatory faucet to the standard in December of that year. To date, IAPMO R&T has certified thousands of lavatory faucet, toilet, urinal and showerhead models to the WaterSense® specifications. Products bearing the WaterSense® label must not only save water, but also perform as well or better than conventional models on the market.

“No third party certification body has been certifying WaterSense® showerheads as long as IAPMO R&T,” said Anish Desai, director of Certification for IAPMO R&T. “When speed to market is crucial, there is no substitute for experience at doing the job fast and doing it right.”

Manufacturers wishing to have their showerheads identified as meeting the WaterSense® criteria must have them certified as such by a qualified third-party certification body such as IAPMO R&T, which is accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as a provider of certification services to WaterSense® specifications.

For more information on having products listed, contact Karen Snowden (karen.snowden@iapmort.org) or Brenda Madonna (brenda.madonna@iapmort.org) at (877) 4-UPC-MARK, or for more information on the WaterSense® program visit www.epa.gov/watersense.

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IAPMO R&T certifies and lists plumbing, mechanical, electrical and solar products according to established US and Canadian codes and standards, ensuring continuous compliance to such documents.  IAPMO R&T is part of The IAPMO Group’s family of companies.

New Members, Officers Elected to CACM Board of Directors

LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. – The California Association of Community Managers (CACM^SM) has announced a new board of directors for 2011.  The board oversees the statewide organization’s programs and activities, monitors legal and legislative issues, and upholds CACM’s code of ethics and standards of practice.  Comprised of professional community managers representing nine regions from California, the group also advises CACM on its educational and certification program for community association managers.

Gordon Goetz of Goetz Manderley, a division of the Management Trust in Santa Maria, has been elected chair for 2011, with Melinda S. Young of Walters Management in San Diego elected vice chair.  In addition, Vicki MacHale with ARK Management in Cardiff by the Sea has been elected corporate secretary for the association.

Other members of the 2011 board include Doug Christison, the Christison Co., Livermore; René Decker, Classic Property Management, Irvine; Jacqueline Dynes, DyneNamic CID Management, San Ramon; Lisa Esposito, Massingham & Associates, Concord; Patty Garcia, with Millennium Community Management LLC, Santa Ana; and Roy Helsing, the Helsing Group Inc., San Ramon. 

Additional board members include Kathryn Henricksen, Merit Property Management Inc.,  Folsom; Diane Houston, Transpacific Management Service, a division of the Management Trust, Cerritos; Dan Kocal, with Kocal Management Group, a division of the Management Trust, Folsom; Cherié McColley, Menas Realty Co., Chula Vista; Bruce Ratliff, Action Property Management Inc., Los Angeles; William Stewart, Santaluz Maintenance Association, San Diego; Sharon Topping, Merit Property Management, Playa Vista; and Mary Walker, Desert Resort Management/Rancho La Quinta Master Association, La Quinta.

“The CACM board for 2011 is comprised of many of the most experienced community managers in the state representing every region of California,” according to Karen Conlon, president and chief executive officer of CACM.  “We will be calling on their expertise over the next year to guide us through what continues to be a challenging time for California homeowners, and to ensure the long-term financial viability of the nearly 49,000 homeowners associations located throughout the state.”

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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 2,600 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.