Regional Offices
Northern California
Meet our Regional Team
The ConAm regional office in Northern California is located in Roseville, a suburb of Sacramento. Currently, properties in this region are located as far north as Chico and as far south as Bakersfield. To the west, the region stretches to the San Francisco East Bay Area and in the east to Reno, Nevada. Separate office locations are staffed in Fresno, California and Reno, Nevada. The entire Northern California portfolio consists of both conventional and affordable communities in a diverse portfolio of more than 8,500 units and 60 multifamily properties. Submarkets where ConAm currently manages properties include Sacramento, Stockton, Modesto, Tracy, Chico, Davis, Fairfield, Hayward, Oakland, Fresno, Bakersfield, and the Lake Tahoe/Reno, NV area.
The regional office team consists of experienced and dedicated professionals with exceptional local market knowledge. They are committed to providing the highest quality of service, balancing the goals and objectives of their clients against the desires and expectations of property residents.
They strive to attract and retain quality individuals throughout the region, recognizing the importance of stable, well-trained personnel in achieving optimal property performance.
Regional Team
Andre Ladrech
Senior Regional Vice President
Mr. Ladrech is responsible for the management and performance of all ConAm-managed properties in Northern California (approx. 8,500 units).
He interfaces continuously with the executive vice president, regional office staff and community managers, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance and operating standards.
He has more than 17 years experience in the fields of real estate management, leasing and development. Previously, he was the Northern California operations manager for Archstone Communities. In that capacity, Mr. Ladrech had general management responsibility for more than 2,500 units in Northern California and Nevada.
Mr. Ladrech holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of San Diego and a master’s in business administrations from the University of Southern California.
Krishna Cox
Director of Marketing and Education
Ms. Cox is responsible for the marketing and advertising efforts for ConAm’s Northern California apartment portfolio
as well as for the training of more than 200 on-site associates located throughout Northern and Central California, Reno, and Lake Tahoe, Nevada. She works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff, and community associates, with regard to Associate performance and associate career development.
Ms. Cox began her career in property management as a leasing consultant for Trammell Crow Residential Services in 1997. Prior to joining ConAm in July 2006, she was a property manager for Realty Center Management, Inc.
Throughout her career she has assisted with property lease-ups and renovations, and worked with both conventional and affordable housing projects, giving her a wide range of knowledge in the industry.
Lisa McClure, ARM®
Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. McClure is responsible for a portfolio of 1,540 apartments located in Sacramento, Fairfield, and Chico, California.
She works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff and community managers, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance and operating standards.
Ms. McClure has 17 years of property management experience. Prior joining to ConAm she was with BRE Properties and Trammell Crow Residential Services. While with BRE, she was instrumental in launching BRE’s HOME (Home Ownership) Plan in several west coast states and Nevada. In addition, she was responsible for assisting in the company’s Yardi software conversion efforts in several BRE regions.
Ms. McClure holds a bachelor of science in business with an emphasis in marketing from California State University, Chico. She also holds a California real estate license and has an ARM designation from IREM.
Sterling L. Shorb
Senior Regional Portfolio Manager
Mr. Shorb directs operations for 2,800 apartment units in the Fresno, Firebaugh, Coalinga, and Bakersfield, California markets.
He works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff and community managers to meets owner’s expectations for operations, staffing, and property performance. In addition, he oversees compliance issues for ConAm’s affordable communities.
Mr. Shorb has 10 years experience in the fields of real estate management, leasing, development, and computer software. Prior to his current position, for several years he served as a regional system’s coordinator for ConAm, in charge of maintaining the firm’s Northern California regional computer systems and operational review program. He was responsible for the computer networking, support, training, installation, and troubleshooting for all ConAm-managed properties in Northern California.
Previously, he was the regional property manager for a management firm in Virginia. He managed a portfolio of 1,000 units while also maintaining the office’s computer systems.
Mr. Shorb holds a bachelor’s degree in communications with a minor in marketing from James Madison University.
Rebecca Jasso
Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. Jasso is responsible for a portfolio of 605 apartment units located in Clovis, Fresno, Coalinga, Firebaugh, and Huron, California.
She works directly with the senior regional portfolio manager, regional office staff and community Managers, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance, program compliance and operating standards.
Ms. Jasso has 15 years of property management experience that includes ten years of multi site management at tax credit, Section 8 subsidized, and conventional market properties.
Ms. Jasso spent four years with S.A. Properties in Fresno. In 1995 she joined Consolidated Property Masters, Inc. She was instrumental in Consolidated’s AMSI accounting conversion in 1996. She trained associates on the tax credit compliance module, HUD compliance regulations and developed file systems and auditing procedures, as well as designing forms for program compliance.
Ms. Jasso holds a California real estate license, is a certified occupancy specialist as well as a certified tax credit specialist. She continues to attend annual compliance review and update training in both tax credit and affordable housing programs.
Janet Gusman
Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. Gusman, is responsible for overseeing the management of ConAm communities located in Fresno and Bakersfield.
Ms. Gusman has nine years of property management experience in the Fresno area and began her career as a leasing professional with Elkor Properties. She later advanced to a management position with Pacific Living Properties, Inc., where most recently she was a regional manager overseeing 1,238 units, prior to joining ConAm in 2007.
Kim Meritt
Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. Meritt’s responsibilities include the management and performance of a mixed portfolio of conventional, tax credit and HUD apartments located in Modesto, Tracy, Hayward and Oakland, California.
She works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff and community managers, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance and operating standards.
Ms. Meritt has nine years experience in property management, which includes three years of multi site management. She was promoted to regional manager with Aspen Square Management prior to working for ConAm. In that capacity, she was responsible for general management of 12 conventional properties in Northern California.
She holds a California real estate license and has completed her tax credit certification through the Housing Credit College of Elizabeth Moreland Consulting, Inc.
Cynthia Gilbreath, ARM
Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. Gilbreath oversees a portfolio of approximately 1,220 apartments units located in the Sacramento and Davis, CA areas.
She works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff and community directors, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance and operating standards.
Ms. Gilbreath has 8 years experience in property management. She previously worked as a community manager for the company before being promoted to regional portfolio manager.
Prior to joining ConAm, Ms. Gilbreath worked for both Equity Residential and BRE Properties serving as a leasing trainer.
Ms. Gilbreath holds a California real estate license. She holds both a Tax Credit Certification through The Housing Credit College of Elizabeth Moreland Consulting, Inc. and a Certified Occupancy Specialist designation from the National Center for Housing Management. She also holds an Accredited Residential Manager certification from the Institute of Real Estate Management.
Juanita Ramirez
Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. Ramirez is responsible for a portfolio of tax credit/HUD apartments located in Sacramento, Ceres, Stockton, and Tracy, California.
She works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff and community managers, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance and operating standards.
Ms. Ramirez’s property management resume includes six years of on-site experience at multifamily tax credit properties. She was promoted to assistant property supervisor and most recently regional portfolio manager. She was responsible for the lease-up of three tax-credit/HUD properties and will be in charge of a new multifamily, tax credit/RD farm labor property.
Prior to joining ConAm, Ms. Ramirez spent 14 years with the San Joaquin County Human Services Agency.
Ms. Ramirez holds a California real estate license. She completed her tax credit certification through the Housing Credit College of Elizabeth Moreland Consulting, Inc. She has her COS and TCS designation with NICHM. She is a certified manager in USDA Farm Labor, 514–516 Programs. She is also fluent in Spanish.
Mindy Gaither
Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. Gaither is responsible for overseeing management operations for a diverse apartment portfolio located throughout the Fresno and Merced, CA areas.
She works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff and community managers, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance and operating standards.
Ms. Gaither began her property management career in 2000, leveraging her more than 15 years of retail management experience specializing in the repositioning of troubled stores.
Prior to joining ConAm in 2008, Ms. Gaither worked with San Mar Properties, Stratus Real Estate, and most recently, Riverstone Residential. Most recently she held the position of lead RPM with Riverstone, where she supervised operations for a 2,600-unit portfolio located in Bakersfield, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area, with assets that included lease-ups, conventional, affordable, tax credit and senior housing communities.
Ms. Gaither holds California real estate license.
Karen A. Thaler
Senior Regional Portfolio Manager
Ms. Gaither is responsible for overseeing management operations for a diverse apartment portfolio located throughout the Fresno and Merced, CA areas.
She works directly with the regional vice president, regional office staff and community managers, with regard to property operations, staffing, property performance and operating standards.
Ms. Gaither began her property management career in 2000, leveraging her more than 15 years of retail management experience specializing in the repositioning of troubled stores.
Prior to joining ConAm in 2008, Ms. Gaither worked with San Mar Properties, Stratus Real Estate and Riverstone Residential, managing properties in Fresno, Bakersfield, Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area; with assets that included lease-ups, conventional, affordable, tax credit and senior housing communities. Most recently, she held the position of lead RPM with Riverstone, where she supervised operations for a 2,600-unit apartment community in Fresno, CA.
Ms. Gaither holds California real estate license.
Kara Tull
Regional Systems Coordinator
Ms. Tull is responsible for training, auditing and system support for ConAm associates and apartment communities located throughout the Inland Empire.
Ms. Tull began her property management career in 1998 as a leasing professional with R & B Management. She later advanced to a management level position with Legacy Partners Residential, where she was a senior business manager overseeing 1,493 units. Ms. Tull joined the Con Am team in 2005 as the regional systems coordinator for the Los Angeles area. She left ConAm in 2006 to work as the accounting supervisor for Sky Properties Inc., but rejoined the ConAm team in December of 2007, to provide management support for the firm's new Inland Empire operations.
With more than 10 years experience in property management, Ms. Tull has a wide knowledge of all onsite positions and is well-versed in compliance issues governing both conventional and tax credit communities.
Usu Tandel
Regional Systems Coordinator
Ms. Tandel is responsible for the training, auditing and technical support for a portfolio of 28 apartment communities
(4,754 units) located in Sacramento, Fairfield, Oakland, Hayward Modesto, Stockton, Chico and Tracy, California and Lake Tahoe and Reno, NV.
Ms. Tandel’s background includes 16 years of property management experience with more than 10 years experience in the training of new associates. She has been a member of ConAm’s Circle of Excellence® team since 1997 and was one of the region’s top on-site community managers until her promotion to the regional office as regional administrator in 2002. During her tenure as regional administrator, she was actively involved with the hiring and training of associates throughout the region. In addition, she has also been involved with the implementation of new standards for reporting and audit policies.
She has worked extensively with AMSI, Rent Roll, and Intuit (MRI) management programs, and was a key team member in ConAm’s conversion to MRI software in the Northern California region.
Eric Graf
Regional Maintenance Director
Mr. Graf is in charge of overseeing capital improvement projects and training of on-site maintenance service teams as well as is responsible for implementing the regions Preventative Maintenance Programs.
Prior to joining ConAm in 2008, Mr. Graf worked for 11 years at BRE Properties where he was promoted from assistance maintenance director to regional maintenance supervisor and finally assumed the role of capitol improvements manager. Prior to his involvement in the multifamily industry, Mr. Graf worked as an HVAC warranty service technician and an electrician journeyman.
Bahaman Asfestani
Regional Maintenance Supervisor, Fresno
Mr. Asfestani is responsible for overseeing maintenance issues for a 2,447-unit apartment portfolio, located throughout Central California.
His responsibilities include the monitoring of all aspects of on-site maintenance as well as taking the lead role in hiring all maintenance personnel for the Central Valley.
Mr. Asfestani began his career with ConAm in 2003, as maintenance supervisor for a 190-unit apartment community and over the years, he has risen through the ranks, having succeeded in a number of key on-site positions with the company. Prior to assuming his current role, he served as a project manager for a 240-unit community undergoing extensive renovation.
James Martinez
Regional Maintenance Surpervisor
Mr. Martinez is responsible for overseeing maintenance issues for a 1,274-unit apartment portfolio located throughout Stockton, Ceres, Tracy and Oakland, California.
He works directly with the regional office and community staff with regards to staffing, property inspections and daily maintenance of the communities.
Prior to joining ConAm in 2007, as a maintenance technician, Mr. Martinez worked in apartment maintenance, with Klingbeil Capital Management for seven years.
Mr. Martinez is a licensed building contractor and holds a Class B license for working on residential and commercial properties.