Key Executives
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CAS brings together experience and expertise from every aspect of the property management business.
From intensive research, an eye for detail and a deep understanding of the property market, CAS provides performance excellence and investment strength.
CAS recognises that customer satisfaction only comes by providing a quality service at all times and at all levels, which is why we invest in training and human resources to ensure that we employ the industries' very best.
- Keith Miles is Executive Chairman of CAS
- Rachel Purcell is Chief Financial Officer of CAS
- Peggy Bertsch is Vice President of Finance CAS
- Albert Brenner is Vice President of Strategy for CAS
- Patricia Mash is Senior Vice President of Marketing
- Gardner Rees is Senior Vice President of Acquisitions for CAS
- Terry Danner is Chief Executive Officer, CASR
- Christy Freeland is Chief Executive Officer, Riverstone Residential Group
- Steve Heimler is Principal, Riverstone Residential Group
- Deanne Davis is Senior Compliance Officer, CASR Support Services
- David A. Smith is Chief Executive Officer, Recap Advisors
- Todd Trehubenko is President, Recap Advisors
Keith Miles is Executive Chairman of CAS
Keith is the Executive Chairman of CAS and is responsible for representing Regis in North America.
Keith joined the company two years ago after a successful 30 year career in Financial Markets. Keith has worked in Europe, Asia and most recently the Americas.
Keith built offices in many Emerging Markets and worked closely with Central Bankers to help design new markets and liquidity.
Prior to joining the company, Keith was CEO of Prebon Yamane USA Inc., a large global Interdealer Broker, specializing in wholesale Foreign Exchange, Securities, Money and Energy Markets.
Since joining CAS, Keith has been active in the aggressive acquisition program and chairs the Management Committee for both Riverstone and Banyan. Keith graduated from Bournemouth College, England in Business Studies.
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Rachel Purcell is Chief Financial Officer of CAS
Rachel is the Chief Financial Officer of CAS Group having responsibility for accounting, finance and cash management, legal, and risk management.
Rachel has 15 years of real estate experience. Prior to her role at CAS Rachel was CFO of Riverstone Residential Group where she was responsible accounting, finance and cash management, legal, and risk management, information systems, payroll and human resources.
Prior to her role at Riverstone Residential Group, Rachel was the Executive Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer for TCR where she was responsible for all accounting and financial reporting for TCR. She joined TCR in 2000 as the National Controller. In April 2001, she was promoted to Chief Accounting Officer.
Prior to joining TCR, Rachel was a senior manager with Deloitte & Touche´ LLP where she spent nine years auditing public and private real estate companies throughout the country. Rachel received her Bachelors of Accounting degree from the University of Southern California.
She is an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women, where she served two years on the local chapter board. She received her CPA certification in 1994 and holds a license in both California and Texas.
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Peggy Bertsch is Vice President of Finance CAS
Peggy is the Vice President of Finance for CAS having responsibility for CAS consolidated reporting and financial analysis as well as overseeing the CAS operating division’s financial reporting and accounting processes. She has 13 years of real estate experience.
Prior to her current role, Peggy was the Vice President of Treasury, Audit and Business Applications for Riverstone Residential Group, where she was responsible for overseeing treasury, internal audit, national vendor relations and business process improvement functions.
Before joining Riverstone Residential Group, Peggy was the National Controller for TCR where she was responsible for overall management and customer satisfaction with the TCRS accounting group. She joined TCR in 2001.
In her earlier career, Peggy was a senior financial analyst for Yahoo! and a manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP where she spent six years auditing public and private real estate companies.
Peggy received her Bachelors of Accounting degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia with high honors. She received her CPA certification in 1996 and holds a license in both Missouri and Texas. She is also a member of Association of Financial Professionals.
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Albert Brenner is Vice President of Strategy for CAS
Al Brenner, a member of the CAS executive team, focuses on business development by analyzing new markets, defining business channels and originating acquisition opportunities.
Prior to his role at CAS, Al was an Executive Vice President of Stratus Real Estate, Inc. where he developed the strategic reposition plan, created new revenue channels, implemented best business practices, directed the construction services group and managed a $350M multi-family portfolio.
Prior to Stratus, Al consulted for real estate business owners. In one case, he analyzed international markets and created a strategic plan for developing single-family homes marketed to American expatriates, generating profits in excess of 108%.
Such experiences during the past 15 years contribute to a diverse background in strategic planning, organizational modeling, property management, real estate development, and construction supervision.
Al obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from California State University, Northridge. He also holds a California Real Estate Salesperson license and California General Building Contractor license.
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Gardner Rees is Senior Vice President of Acquisitions for CAS
Gardner works with the principals and executive team to identify, source and underwrite possible partners and acquisition opportunities available to CAS.
Once under contract, Gardner also works with the due diligence surrounding those acquisitions and integration of the newly acquired entity into the relevant business unit.
Prior to joining CAS, Gardner was a Senior Vice President of Stratus Real Estate with over nine years of experience in multi-family real estate including the acquisitions of institutional properties, property management and construction management.
Along with a sizable portfolio under management, Gardner oversaw the Information Technology department, the Vertically Aligned Businesses and Preferred Vendor Relationships with the objective to ensure all clients and partners receive a fully integrated package, maximizing all revenue sources with the best possible service at the best possible prices.
Gardner has extensive experience in the acquisition of multifamily real estate, acquiring over $350 million of real estate in five states primarily with an advisor group out of Seattle, WA. Prior to 1999, Gardner was a Vice President with Dresdner Kleinwort involved in the acquisitions, recapitalizations and corporate restructuring of some of Canada’s Fortune 100 companies.
Gardner has an Honors Bachelor of Science degree from University of Western Ontario and an MBA in Corporate Finance and Information Systems from York University. He also holds a California Real Estate License.
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Terry Danner is Chief Executive Officer, CASR Support Services
Terry is Chief Executive Officer of CASR and a Principal of Consolidated American Services. Terry was President and Chief Operating Officer with TCRS and had property management responsibility for more than 90 properties and over 24,000 units in the South Central region.
Terry first joined TCRS in 1996 to re-start the company’s Southeast region after it achieved a public listing as Gables Residential in 1994. After growing the region to over 50 properties, Terry moved to Dallas to assume the South Central region’s COO responsibilities.
Prior to joining TCRS, Terry worked as a VP with Summit Properties in Atlanta, where he was responsible for the company’s Southern and Midwest management operations. Prior to the Atlanta promotion, he was a regional property manager with Summit in Virginia.
Terry began his property management experience in 1989 as a property manager with NVProperties in the Washington D.C. metro area. His experience over the years includes conventional, affordable, mid-rise, high-rise, and garden apartment communities, both vintage and new.
In 2006, Terry led a successful management buy-out, with Christy Freeland, of TCRS. Terry has recently been responsible for the growth of Consolidated American Services support service headquarters in downtown Dallas.
He is a 1989 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he earned his Masters of Business Administration. His undergraduate degree, with high honors, is in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech.
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Christy Freeland is Chief Executive Officer, Riverstone Residential Group
Christy is Chief Executive Officer of Riverstone Residential Group (RRG) and a Principal of Consolidated American Services. Christy has over twenty years of real estate experience.
Until 2006, she was the President and Chief Operating Officer for TCRS Mid Atlantic Northeast and South Florida from 1997 to December 2005.
Prior to joining TCRS, Christy worked with National Housing Partnership for ten years where she managed a portfolio of 44,000 units in 250 properties in 9 states. She was successful in growing an excellent team of five Vice Presidents and 35 Regional Managers to handle a mixed portfolio of new, existing and affordable properties. Thousands of units were repositioned during her tenure, including the major rehabilitation of units, common areas and the community‘s reputation.
In 2006, Christy led a successful management buy-out, with Terry Danner, of TCRS. Christy has been instrumental in leading RRG into as NHMC quotes “the fastest growing property management company in the industry”.
Christy is a 1980 graduate of the University of Tulsa where she earned her Masters in Urban Planning. Her undergraduate degree is in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.
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Steve Heimler is Principal, Riverstone Residential Group
Steve Heimler is a Principal of Riverstone Stratus. Prior to his current role, Steve was the founder and CEO of Stratus Real Estate, Inc., has over 20 years’ experience as a property manager specializing in multifamily assets on the West Coast.
Steve has grown Stratus’ portfolio to over 22,000 units in California, Arizona, Nevada and Hawaii.
Steve is well known as a “reposition” specialist, improving assets through management upside and value added capital projects. He excels in team leadership and staffing expertise that facilitates excellent performance from on-site staff.
He is on the list of approved Superior Court Receivers in five counties of California. Steve received Bachelor of Art Degrees in Philosophy and Psychology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
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Deanne Davis is Senior Compliance Officer, CASR Support Services
Deanne is the Senior Vice President and Director of Compliance for CASR Support Services. Deanne began her career in banking and then moved into the multi-family housing industry with Johnstown Lane.
Deanne changed her focus to compliance in 1992 becoming the compliance manager for the syndicator Guilford Capital. Upon leaving Guilford in 1998, Deanne became director of compliance for Professional Management of Florida, Inc.
Deanne’s current responsibility is to manage the compliance department that oversees the complete approval process in excess of 25,000 affordable housing units located in twenty states. In addition to the approval of all files the department also is responsible for the reporting and compliance requirements with all federal, state and local housing agencies.
Deanne graduated with a Business of Science in Business Administration degree from the Florida Atlantic University in 1977; Included in her seventeen years experience in the affordable industry, she holds twelve federal certifications and twenty three state certifications.
She specializes in layered funding, Tax Credit, Bond, FDIC, HOME, SHIP, RTC, AHL, and HUD.
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David A. Smith is Chief Executive Officer, Recap Advisors
As a practitioner, theoretician, participant, and policymaker, David A. Smith is one of the country’s foremost experts in all aspects of the financing of affordable housing.
The firm he founded, Recapitalization Advisors, is the nation’s leading specialist in the finance of existing affordable housing, with an aggregate track record of transactions closed on over 505 properties, 62,500 units, and $1.75 billion in property value.
Recap counts numerous federal and state government agencies, non-profit and for-profit owners and acquirers of affordable housing among its roster of clients.
Throughout his career, David has been a pioneer in both private transactions and government policy innovations. Aside from numerous instances of Congressional testimony and studies provided to Congress, MHC, CBO, HUD, GAO, OMB, NCSHA, FASB, and national trade associations, in 1996 he served on a hand-picked ten-member U. S. Senate working group to develop the mark-to-market legislation to restructure more than 4,000 properties nationwide.
In 2000-2001, he was a programmatic advisor to Congress's Millennial Housing Commission concentrating on LIHTC program performance.
With more than 100 published articles, a textbook, and a previous contributing editor position with Real Estate Review, David is a prolific and multiply awarded author and highly sought after speaker.
A 1975 Harvard graduate, David is also a senior research scholar at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, as well as an occasional guest lecturer at Harvard and MIT.
David was the 2005 recipient of the Lange Award by NAHRO for his contribution to international understanding of housing finance and exchange of information.
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Todd Trehubenko is President, Recap Advisors
Todd Trehubenko is president of Recapitalization Advisors, Inc. Since joining Recap in 1992, he has structured and closed more than 70 transactions nationwide, including preservation sales and refinancing, mark-to-market debt restructurings, conventional refinancing, and workouts.
These transactions involved over $500 million in real estate value and over 11,000 units of affordable housing located in about 20 different states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Todd currently leads Recap's Revitalizing Affordable Properties practice, specializing in transactions designed to help sponsors and owners recapitalize and preserve affordable housing properties through use of federal, state, and local resources.
Todd’s practice is focused on developing creative and innovative solutions to complex problems. Because properties and client needs tend to be unique, all transactions are custom designed. These recapitalizations typically involve new debt and or equity financing, significant renovation programs, new or modified affordability commitments, and sometimes a change in ownership or management.
Todd actively participates in national affordable housing policy discussions through industry forums and other public events. In 2004, he testified before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development (House Financial Services Committee) concerning the preservation of HUD-assisted properties with maturing mortgages.
Todd formerly served as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Multi-Housing News, as well as the mark-to-market moderator for Housing Professionals Online, an online discussion group for professionals in the affordable housing industry.
Prior to Recap, Todd was a multifamily housing representative with the Boston HUD office, where he assisted in the development of new affordable housing properties through a broad variety of federal subsidy and mortgage insurance programs.
He is a 1989 summa cum laude graduate of Fordham University.
