Community Associations Contributing Writers
Community Associations Institute – Washington State Chapter
Lena Barouh, Esq., is an associate attorney at Condominium Law Group, PLLC, where she provides general counsel to community associations. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law. Lena enjoys hiking, SCUBA diving, live music, collecting houseplants and vintage records, and impromptu road trips with her husband and dog.
Christopher Morley once wrote, “No one appreciates the very genius of your conversation as the dog does.” It is for this reason that Melissa Guyott, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, together with her new husband Rob, opened Ponderosa Community Management management of common interest communities, Melissa hopes to bring her nearly 15 years of management experience in the Seattle market to the Inland Northwest. When she’s not trying to her groom and Bubba, Ponderosa’s CGR (Chief Golden Retriever), Melissa enjoys taking in all the amazing beauty of the
William (Bill) Leak is the Director of Business Development at BALES RESTORATION DKI, since 2010, and has been associated with the Puget Sound construction industry for 45 years. He has served in leadership roles twice on his HOA board traveled in Europe during the Cold War (including east Berlin), era, and has lived in the Puget Sound region thereafter.
Terrence Leahy, CCAL is the founder of Leahy Fjelstad Peryea and very active locally and nationally on community association local level, has chaired the CAI Legislative Action Committee, has served as the CAI representative on the Governor’s Home Owners Association Legislation Task Force, has litigated numerous covenants enforcement and Architectural Control Committee cases, has served as editor of the Journal, has served as Director and Secretary of the WSCAI Board of Directors, has written and presented on community association issues for the State and County bar associations, and has provided legal counsel to countless homeowners associations across the entire state.
Joy Steele, CMCA is a Community Association Manager with Emerald Management & Consulting. As a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, Joy is a columnist and contributor for various online and print periodicals. She currently resides in Des Moines with her husband and their rescue pug.
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2019 WSCAI BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President Karen McDonald, CMCA, AMS, PCAM, RS Association Reserves WA, LLC
President-Elect Tony Rafel, Esq. Rafel Law Group PLLC
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Amy Clements, CIRMS, ARM Community Association Underwriters 800.228.1930
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Jeannie Howell, CMCA, AMS CWD Group, Inc., AAMC
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Chelsea Webster, CMCA, PCAM SUHRCO Residential Properties LLC 425.455.0900
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Fischer Restoration & Fischer Plumbing 206.499.8099
Alicia Graham, CMCA, AMS, PCAM CWD Group, Inc., AAMC
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Linda Hanson, Hawthorne Hill Condominium Bryt Koby, Kiley Court HOA
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Communications Joy Steele, CMCA
Community Outreach Jackie Roethel Jackki Vo, CMCA, AMS
Education Dennis Boyd
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Greg Coxey, Esq Patrick Rooney, CMCA, AMS, PCAM
Law Day Alexis Ducich, Esq.
Made for Managers Day Paul Grucza, CMCA, AMS, PCAM
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