2011 CAI Board of Directors Bio's updated 5-2-11
President: Andrea M. Sorgani:
Owner and president of ALMA Property Management Services, Inc. ALMA was founded in 1991. Member of CAI since 1983. Current member of the CAI-IL Board of Directors since 2006. Now serving a third year as president of the CAI-IL Board. Have served on CAI Program Committee, Social Committee, Homeowner Forum, and Finance Committee. Received CAI-Illinois Rising Star award in 1998. Received the CAI-Illinois Olympus Award in 2003 and 2011. Guest speaker on CAI Radio. Speaker at various community association industry seminars. Author of Common Interest Magazine articles. Member of ACTHA. Graduate of Southern Illinois University - Degree in Social Welfare.
Vice President: Tim Haviland, CMCA®:
Tim Haviland currently serves as a Vice President and Commercial Loan Officer with Itasca Bank & Trust Co. Tim has over 15 years of commercial banking experience with a focus on the Chicago area Homeowner Association (HOA) industry since 2003. During 2004, Tim was named a Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA®) by the National Board of Certification for Community Association Managers. The CMCA® designation is awarded to community association professionals nationwide who have demonstrated the fundamental knowledge necessary to manage condominium, cooperative, and homeowner associations.
Tim is active in various industry events sponsored by the Community Associations Institute (CAI). He has published articles in Common Interest, the quarterly magazine for the Illinois Chapter of CAI. Tim was a host and frequent guest on Common Interest Radio, a weekly radio broadcast on WIND (AM 560), which featured homeowner association news and industry experts, sponsored by the Illinois Chapter of CAI from 2005 thru 2010. During 2008, he was presented with the Olympus Service Award, and previously with the 2005 Rising Star Award from the Illinois Chapter of CAI.
Tim was elected to the CAI-IL Board of Directors during 2009, and has served as Vice President of the Board since 2010. He was chairman of the CAI-Illinois Community Development Committee, and has served on numerous committees including the Membership Committee, the Radio Committee, and the Common Interest Magazine Committee.
Treasurer: Steve Silberman, CPA:
Steve Silberman is an Officer and Director of the accounting and consulting firm, Frost, Ruttenberg and Rothblatt, P.C. Steve has provided accounting and consulting services to Community Associations since 1978 and currently provides services to over 300 Associations. Steve has been a presenter for numerous CAI educational programs as well as authored many articles for newsletters and magazines including Common Interest Magazine. He has also been a guest on Common Interest Radio. Steve also has been an active member of the CAI-Illinois Community Development Committee for the past four years.
Steve has been a CAI Board Member for the past three years and has been the Treasurer and Chair of the Finance Committee for the past two years.
Secretary: Lara Anderson:
Lara is an attorney and principal of the law firm of Fullett Rosenlund Anderson PC. Her practice is concentrated in all aspects of the representation of condominium, townhome, homeowner, cooperative and common interest community associations throughout Northern Illinois. Lara graduated with honors from Northern Illinois University with a B.S. in Accounting in 1989, passed the CPA exam and then graduated from Northern Illinois University's College of Law in 1992. In 1997, Lara became a Board Certified Forensic Accountant and has been retained as an expert witness in accounting in over 80 cases and has testified as an expert witness in both state and federal courts.
Lara began her legal career representing local, state and federal public officials and public entities as well as not-for-profit organizations in complex constitutional and civil rights matters before administrative agencies and in state and federal courts. She eventually transitioned her practice into representing just condominium, cooperative and common interest community associations. She has extensive litigation experience representing associations and has argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the Indiana Supreme Court. Due to her reputation in the industry, she was asked to join a homeowners association's litigation team when it appealed a case to the Indiana Supreme Court. In that case, Villas West II v. McGlothin, 885 N.E.2d 1274 (2008), she convinced the Indiana Supreme Court to reverse the lower court and hold that the association's rental restriction did not violate the Fair Housing Act.
Lara is currently a board member and the Secretary of CAI-Illinois and a member of the Committee for Community Development for CAI-Illinois. She has authored numerous articles on association law issues and is frequently asked to speak before various groups on association matters. Lara has been a presenter at the last five CAI-Illinois Conventions and the 2009 CAI National Law Seminar held in California. She has also written numerous articles that have appeared in a variety of publications.
Kerry T. Bartell:
Kerry is a principal with the law firm of Kovitz Shifrin Nesbit and has been practicing with the firm since 1998. After graduating college from Northwestern University in 1995, she attended Chicago-Kent College of Law, graduating in 1998. She concentrates her practice in the area of condominium, homeowner and townhome association law. She frequently conducts seminars on community association law for homeowners, property managers and community associations in Chicago and the suburbs with CAI and has been a guest on Common Interest Radio. She is also a member of the Community Development Committee.
Cathy Blake, AMS®, PCAM®:
Cathy is a Community Association Manager with American Community Management. She has filled a variety of positions since joining the industry in March 1978 - from clubhouse attendant, to on-site and portfolio management, and supervisory duties for several management companies. Cathy earned her AMS® designation in 1995 and her PCAM® designation in 2003. She has been an active member of CAI and has served on several Chapter Committees during her career including the Trade Show Committee, Social Committee, Membership Committee, Manager's Committee, and golf Committee.
Michaelene Conrad, MIRM, CMCA®, AMS®:
Over the last 25 years Michaelene has been in the property management field. Due to her past experience being in real estate sales and volunteer service has made this industry a good fit. For the first ten years Michaelene worked as a property manager for several management companies. Her time with these companies brought her enough experience and insight to operate her own business for 15 years. Her company is MC Property Management Corp. which manages over 70 Associations consisting of over 5,000 units which encompasses condominiums, townhomes, homeowner associations and rental properties. These properties are located in the suburbs and the city.
Michaelene has earned her MIRM, CMCA® and AMS® designations and she is a member of CAI and ACTHA Associations. Michaelene has been a member of the Trade Show Committee for multiple years and a speaker for CAI and ACTHA.
Thomas C. Engblom, CMCA®, AMS®:
Tom Engblom is a licensed instructor in Illinois and National Instructor for CAI. Tom is also on the National Business Council for CAI. Tom has earned Certified Property Manager (CPM) and Professional Community Association Manager from Community Associations Institute (PCAM®). Tom managed or supervised a minimum of 3,500 units within Chicago and the suburbs.
Tom has over 30 years experience in Management and Banking for Association. Tom continues to provide consulting work for various professional organizations and legal firms, as well as achieving Vice President at Community Association Banc servicing Minnesota (CAI Board of Directors), Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan(CAI Board of Directors),, Kentucky and Ohio.
Erica R. Horndasch, CMCA®, AMS®:
Industry Experience: 20 years Education: Harper College. Erica Horndasch has been active in Property and Community Management since the age of fifteen. Growing up in the industry, she has benefited from several real life situations that has awarded her the opportunity to share with the client and guide them in the right direction. She has a passion for management and looks at each day as a new challenge and an opportunity to enhance her customer service skills. Erica's career path has afforded her the opportunity to work with several local management companies and has also given her the opportunity to work with an association law firm as a paralegal and collection manager. Erica was named the 2006 "Property Manager of the Year" by CAI. Erica serves on the local chapter Board of Directors for Community Association Institute (CAI) as well as chairs the conference and trade show committee within CAI. Erica serves as a Board President of a 645 unit HOA having experience not only as a manager, but as a Board member. Erica holds the designation of Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA®) and Association Management Specialist (AMS®) and continues her education in Association management.
Don Kekstadt, AMS®, PCAM®:
Executive Vice President for Lieberman Management Services, Inc. Mr. Kekstadt has nineteen years of property management and maintenance experience. Don is a member of the Community Association Manger Licensing and Disciplinary Board for the State of Illinois. He is responsible for the overall management of approximately $3 billion dollars worth of real estate in the Chicagoland marketplace representing over 200 Associations, while being responsible for the retention and acquisition of new and existing clients. He also has a staff of over 80 Property Managers, 6 Regional Directors and a staff of 12 Resident Service Agents. Don is also a member of the LMS Executive Committee.
Mindy Maggio:
is a Commercial Lines Insurance Producer at Rosenthal Brothers Insurance. Her expertise lies in insuring Community Associations throughout Illinois and Wisconsin. Ms. Maggio provides her clients with insurance knowledge while at the same time builds long lasting relationships through excellent service. Mindy has 17 years of experience working with Community Associations. Before Mindy went into insurance she worked as a Property Manager.
Mindy has served on the CAI Board in the past, and was the Chapter's Board President in 2004. She received the CAI Illinois Recruiter of the Year awards in 2001 and 2004, and the Olympus award in 2007. Over the years she has worked on and chaired numerous committees. Currently, Mindy is a member of the CAI Trade Show Committee and serves as Treasurer for a 215 unit HOA where she resides.
Carol Marcou, CMCA®, AMS® PCAM®:
Carol is a Senior Community Association Manager with Vanguard Community Management. Carol received her B.S. degree in business management from DePaul University in 1989 and worked through school as a legal assistant for a downtown Chicago law firm. Carol has been in the community association management business since 1991, starting out with her own small management company. Since that time, Carol has worked at various management companies and is currently a supervisor/senior manager at Vanguard. Carol has earned her CMCA®, AMS® and PCAM® designations. She has been an active member of CAI and has served on several committees during her career, including Trade Show Committee, Manager's Committee and ILAC.
John Saletta:
John has managed his own insurance agency with Allstate Insurance for 33 years. In 2000 his agency was merged into the Allstate Hallberg-Valek Insurance Agency where John continues to advise.
In 1998 John reinstituted the Homeowners Forum and chaired the forum until 2010.
He has been a member of CAI for over 25 years as a business partner and homeowner. Currently he resides as a homeowner at the Woods of South Barrington.
John attended Loyola University majoring in marketing.
2011 Board Meeting Schedule
Tuesday - Feb 08
Tuesday - Mar 08
Tuesday - Apr 12
Tuesday - May 10
Tuesday - Jun 14
Tuesday - Jul 12
Tuesday - Aug 09
Tuesday - Sep 13
Tuesday - Oct 11
Tuesday - Nov 08
Tuesday - Dec 13
Board Meetings are held at 8:30 a.m. at the Chapter Office in Roselle.
All are welcome to attend - please call ahead so we can have
an agenda prepared for you.
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