Letter from your 2013 CCAA President… Jeana Lopez
Greetings Members,

I am humbled and honored to serve as your CCAA President for 2013!  I am excited about the New Year and look  forward to serving you with my leadership team beside me.  I would like to introduce you to the CCAA Officers and Board of Directors to serve for 2013:  Vice President Kurt Gilpin with Gaia Property Management Group, Tommie Ann Deleon with Capstone Real Estate Service Inc., Rose Hebert with CPL Retail Energy …A Direct Energy Company, Melissa Mutschler with Premier M.J. Capital, Nora Mireles with Rasa Floors and serving as 2012 Past President Leslie Holcomb with BBND Properties.  We are looking forward to all the Educational and Networking opportunities available to members this year.  I know with your help and participation we will have a successful year.

I hope everyone who attended our Installations Ceremony and our Casino by the Bay Party had a fantastic time!   A special thank you goes out to Platinum Sponsors, CPL Retail Energy …A Direct Energy Company and TPI Construction Services Inc., Gold Sponsor, Rasa Floors, Silver Sponsor Trophyland for our beautiful awards and  Bronze Sponsor For Rent Media Solutions, We had such a great time with our Casino Gaming Tables     sponsored by the following: CPL Retail Energy … A Direct Energy Company, TPI Construction Services Inc., Apartment Guide,  Bay Area Landscapes,  Rasa Floors, CORT, Wilmar Industries, Grande Communications, Maldonado Nursery & Landscaping Inc., Texas Finest Carpet      Cleaning, Sherwin Williams Floors, Rogers Gardens, Sherwin Williams Paint Company.  Our Installation Officer was Bob Maxhimer with Maxhimer Management Services.  Mr. Maxhimer is also a former Two Term CCAA President & Former TAA President.

Nothing would be possible without planning and the volunteers for this and every event.  Another round of thanks goes out to:  Programs & Education Committee and the PSC Committee planning this Event. 2012 Programs & Education Committee Chair Nora Mireles with Rasa Floors and 2012 PSC Chair Lisa Felt with Apartment Guide.  Taskforce includes Kelli with Compass Bay, our MC, Travis with Grande Communications, Lauren with Namco, Jim with CORT, Tom with Grande Communications, Michelle with For Rent Media Solutions, Jen with TPI Construction Services, Inc., Fred with Wilmar Industries.  CCAA V-List Volunteers: Our Master of   Ceremonies was Travis Ralls, Santa (Grande Communications Rod Phillips) Santa’s Elves were Kelli Buhidar & Michelle Chambers, Casino Cashier was Fred Rivera. Thank you Toni and Lisa, CCAA’s staff… for all you do for our association.

A job well done!   CCAA’s Community Relations Committee had a Kans for Kids Food Drive… A truck load of cans were donated to the South Texas Children’s Home for their food pantry.   CCAA’s Coat Drive was also a success in coats supplied for the homeless benefiting Good Samaritan Rescue Mission.  Thank you for your time and effort in providing needed help in our community!

Congratulations to those who were nominated and completed their Nomination Forms for the 2012 Industry Awards.  Wow another great event planned by our Programs and Education Committee..   2013 Chair , Kurt Gilpin and Co-chair Tommie Ann De Leon.  Task force: Jeana Lopez, Kelli Buhidar, Lisa Felt, Cheryl Adams, Rose Hebert, Nora Mireles, Jim Pullin, Michelle Chambers and Jen Kirkman did a great job on the video of past events.  We had a great time and on behalf of the Board of Directors, we congratulate all the Nominees and the 2012 Award Recipients!  We also wanted to thank CCAA Sponsors for this event: Platinum: CPL Retail Energy a Direct Energy Company, Platinum: TPI Construction  Services Inc., Gold: Rasa Floors, and our Table Sponsors were: Bay Area Landscapes, Apartment Guide, Roger’s Gardens, Grande Communication, and Republic Services.  Gala Door Prizes were from For Rent Media Solutions. 

Now get ready for our 2013 Trade Show at the Ortiz Center June 13th and  Kick –off Party is at House of Rock Wednesday June 12th 6:30pm...support our  Associate Member Exhibitors...they work so hard for you and your communities...let’s show support for them in all they do.      Be on the lookout for NAA Designation classes coming soon!

Please see our online Calendar of Events… at http://www.ccapartments.org for a complete & real time list of upcoming events under the Calendar tab. We urge all of you to get involved and help us make a difference!  Volunteer to help CCAA grow.  By doing so, we can become stronger together! CCAA is dedicated to promoting education, ethics, professionalism and community through service to others!

Please join us by filling out the V-List form of CCAA Committees, located online at http://www.ccapartments.org !

Sincerely,
Jeana L. Lopez, CAM
Regional Property Manager for Greystar
CCAA 2013 President