Jim has over (17) years experience as a community association manager, managing large-scale communities on-site as an employee of the homeowners association.  He recently finished a five-year term as the first General Manager of the Forest Heights Homeowners association, a planned community of 1925 units and 5000 residents in the West Hills of Portland.  He has a track record of success in managing community growth, building community cohesiveness and organizing community events, coordinating with developers, working with volunteer boards and committees, supporting boards of directors having as many as nine members, developing and managing budgets, architectural review and rule enforcement.  Topics of his workshops have included fiduciary responsibility, governance, strategic planning, goal setting, team building and communications.  Two of the associations he has managed were awarded the CAI Community Association of the Year award for their CAI chapters.

He has conducted workshops and retreats, and taught classes for boards covering a wide range of topics related to management of homeowners associations, including finance, deed restrictions, association rules, conflict resolution, insurance, rule enforcement and association documents.  He is a member of the national faculty for professional development courses for the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and he conducts CAI (ABC’s) community management courses for local homeowners.  He is currently a Board member and President-Elect of the Oregon Chapter of CAI (and a Past President) and a former Board member of the Oregon Washington Community Association Managers professional association.  As a board member of many non-profit organizations, he has chaired many meetings and is well versed in parliamentary procedure.

Besides his success with management of large-scale communities, Jim is recognized as a leader in the education of community managers and board members.   Jim is well known among professional managers and business partners in Oregon for his knowledge, his professionalism and his dedication to his profession.  Jim holds two national professional designations awarded to community managers by the Community Associations Institute (CAI): CMCA (Certified Manager of Community Associations) and PCAM (Professional Community Association Manager), the highest certification awarded.  Jim also holds the designation of Master Community Manager, awarded by the Community Managers International Association (CMIA), a professional organization for on site managers of large communities.