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Board Of Directors

Michael Weintraub
Chair

Mr. Weintraub currently serves as Director of Business Development at ICG Advisors.

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Michael Klein
Treasurer

Michael has over 35 years of experience in finance and company operations.

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Richard Doss
Secretary

Richard Doss is one of the founding partners of Pacific Coast Civil, Inc. and has been with the company since its inception in December 1996.

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Brian VanRiper
Member

Brian is the Principal and founder of Method Campaign Services, Southern California’s leading grassroots solutions shop. Launching Method in 2010 to offer the highest quality field campaigns possible, Method has become the industry leader in the space.

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Dana Perkins
Member

Mr. Perkins is the Boeing Director of Integrated Test for US Air Force programs at Edwards Air Force Base and Plant 42 Site 1 Palmdale.

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David Josker
Member

David Josker is President of Brokerage in the Southwest United States for Colliers International.

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Eddie Lorin​
Member

Edward “Eddie” Lorin founded Strategic Realty Holdings, LLC as a culmination of his years of experience in investment real estate and as an offshoot of Strategic Realty Capital (SRC), which he also co-founded.

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Eric Steinhauer
Member

Eric Steinhauer has 40 years of business experience in diverse industries from general engineering to medical devices to residential construction, both single and multi-family, and metals distribution.

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Linda Katz
Member

Linda Katz is a Senior Accountant with Katz Accountancy Corporation where she has worked with her husband, Jerry for over 35 years.

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Robert Niesner
Member

Robert Niesner has more than 40 years of building and construction industry experience in Los Angeles and across California.

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Rose Rockey
Member

Rose Rockey has been and owner and CFO of Excel Contractors, Inc. in the Antelope Valley for the past 30 years.

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Tony Rodriquez
Member

Tony has spent the last 25 years as a financial leader in both private and public corporations managing all aspects of finance and accounting.

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Crystal M. Yelverton
CEO

Crystal Yelverton is a former Executive Director for Market Development for the Southern California region for the March of Dimes. In this role, she was responsible for account teams, fund development and leadership management.

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Chair

Michael Weintraub

Mr. Weintraub currently serves as Director of Business Development at ICG Advisors. Offering investment consulting, Outsourced Chief Investment Officer (OCIO), and proprietary multi-manager strategies, ICG Advisors oversees approximately $5 billion in assets for high net worth families, endowments, and foundations.
Previously Mr. Weintraub served as VP, Marketing and Business Development at OSI Digital and Managing Director of Colony American Finance. Mr. Weintraub was a founder of North American Property Preservation Corporation and served as Vice Chairman of Chrysalis Holdings, a provider of early stage capital, infrastructure development and management expertise to growth-oriented companies in the financial services and direct marketing industries.
Mr. Weintraub also served as Managing Director, Corporate Marketing for Countrywide Financial Corporation, and was responsible for all strategy and operations of Countrywide’s Corporate Marketing division, including customer acquisition and retention, branding, sales support, events and sponsorships.
Before joining Countrywide, he served as VP of Business Development at Protocol Services where he was responsible for developing and managing accounts for a 4,000+ employee direct marketing services firm and as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Customer Operations at National Water & Power.
In addition to his work in real estate, marketing and finance, Mr. Weintraub has served as Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of Broadband e2e and Chief Operating Officer of Horizon Foods in Yorba Linda, CA. as well as Managing Partner and CEO of WSDirect a full-service direct response marketing firm whose portfolio of clients included Fortune 500 and prominent California-based companies and organizations.

Treasurer

Michael Klein

Michael has over 35 years of experience in finance and company operations. He has successfully started and operated three companies, several divisions for his employers and has originated, approved or worked out billions of dollars in loans to both corporate and real estate clients. Michael started his career at Union Bank in Los Angeles, where he completed the Management and Credit training program. He has worked for money center, regional and community banks, including Chase Manhattan Bank, Union Bank, Wachovia Bank and China Trust Bank.
Michael is the CEO of Freedom Financial Funds, LLC (Freedom), a Mortgage REIT, dedicated to serving the real estate professional adding value to projects in the western United States. As a leader of a private fund, Michael has overseen the origination of over $1.5 billion in loans and has not taken a loss in nearly twelve years of operations.
Prior to starting Freedom, He successfully started and operated three companies, several divisions for his employers and has originated, approved or worked out billions of dollars in loans to both corporate and real estate clients. Michael started his career at Union Bank in Los Angeles, where he completed the Management and Credit training program. He has worked for money center, regional and community banks, including Chase Manhattan Bank, Union Bank, and China Trust Bank.
Michael serves his community as a board member of Homes 4 Families, as President Elect of Lambda Alpha International, Phoenix Chapter as well as supporting numerous local charities. He Co-chaired, along with Brad Rosenheim, the Citizens Advisory Committee that formulated and gained approval for the Warner Center 2035 Specific Plan, the largest such plan in the City of Los Angeles. He has also served on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the Building Industry Association of Los Angeles/Ventura and served as a mentor and adjunct professor at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. Michael has a BS in Finance from California State University at Northridge and an MBA from the University of Southern California.

Secretary

Richard Doss

Richard Doss is one of the founding partners of Pacific Coast Civil, Inc. and has been with the company since its inception in December 1996.

He has worked in the land development field for more than thirty years. He has worked as a design engineer, project planner, and project manager for residential, recreational, municipal and commercial developments throughout Southern California and Nevada. He has served as project engineer and manager on a variety of major developments, including the Lake Sherwood Ranch, Belcaro/Hidden Creek and West Hills/West Creek projects.

As Director of Planning his duties include preparation of project master plans and land use feasibility studies, and coordination with government agencies through the entire approval process. He supervises project design through every phase of responsible development, from the mapping of sensitive species habitat to the creation of long-term restoration plans.

Richard has been a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners since July 1991. He has been a Registered Civil Engineer in California since July 1992.

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Brian VanRiper

Brian is the Principal and founder of Method Campaign Services, Southern California’s leading grassroots solutions shop. Launching Method in 2010 to offer the highest quality field campaigns possible, Method has become the industry leader in the space.

Brian has worked on everything from national presidential campaigns and issue advocacy efforts to local ballot measure efforts and most everything in between. Working across a wide swath of issues and efforts, and with a very large number of consultants and teams across California, Brian either has the best solutions readily available or knows who the best source is to find the most efficient answers possible.

Brian is often asked by press for insights into matters, and has spoken on panels for the American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC). Brian and his family reside in Hollywood. Brian grew up in Massachusetts and moved to California while serving in the Marine Corps until 2004.

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Dana Perkins

Mr. Perkins is the Boeing Director of Integrated Test for US Air Force programs at Edwards Air Force Base and Plant 42 Site 1 Palmdale.

After transitioning from US Navy active service joining Boeing in 2001 at St. Louis, “PERK” served as the Crew Vehicle Interface Design and Operation Analysis Integrated Product Team Lead for the EA-18G. His team developed the MSOFD, cockpit systems, and interfaces for the Growler. He also served as a developmental Electronic Warfare Officer during both years of its System Design and Developmental (SDD) Flight Test phase. After that, he then went on to serve as a F-18 / EA-18G /

F-15 production flight test aircrew in St. Louis, eventually transitioning to mission systems flight test aircrew and Boeing Test & Evaluation (BT&E) Site Senior Leader at NAWS China Lake, CA. Then he transitioned to Oklahoma City becoming the Site Senior Leader and Bomber BT&E Test Program Manager responsible for all OKC BT&E teammates, all test initiatives associated with the B-52 / B-1B / B-2 airplanes including two ACAT 1D programs (B-52 RMP and CERP) and the modernization of B-1B fleet.

Currently, his duties include all Boeing lead / supported flight, simulator, and lab tests in the USAF portfolio at both sites to include the B-1B, B-52, C-17, F-22, KC-46, MMO, and various weapons, emerging technologies, and all aircraft / lab modifications at each site, including the NASA-Boeing X-66 at Palmdale. He is the Senior Boeing Executive and the face to the customer for all the programs at Edwards AFB and local government leadership and is the Boeing University Focal to Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, CA.

 

 

“PERK” is a native of Roseburg, Oregon a graduate of Oregon State University with a BA in Economics and a Master of Business Administration from University of Missouri. He is an avid sportsman, hiker, and outdoorsman. He retired from the US Navy in the summer of 2021 after more than 36 years of service.

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David Josker

David Josker is President of Brokerage in the Southwest United States for Colliers International. He is responsible for some of the firm’s most productive offices in the nation, from Colorado, Utah, Nevada and Arizona to Southern California and the islands of Hawaii. Based in Los Angeles, his focus is on advancing Colliers’ growth objectives in the larger region, while ensuring the firm continues to provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.
In his prior role, Mr. Josker was CBRE’s Managing Director of Asset Services for Greater Los Angeles, where he oversaw more than 90 million square feet under management and was responsible for leading more than 225 professionals.
Prior to joining CBRE in Los Angeles, Mr. Josker held a leadership role in the CBRE Phoenix office, where he successfully tripled the size of the Asset Services line of business. Prior to that, he served as a Vice President Operations for Caruso Affiliated Holdings where he was responsible for executive level supervision of the Los Angeles Region.
Mr. Josker is also a veteran, having served in the Infantry in the United States Marines Corps.

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Edward Lorin

Edward “Eddie” Lorin founded Strategic Realty Holdings, LLC as a culmination of his years of experience in investment real estate and as an offshoot of Strategic Realty Capital (SRC), which he also co-founded. Since 2008, SRC has purchased over 15,000 units in more than 70 transactions valued at over $1 Billion, and has built a strong performing portfolio. All of SRC’s apartment assets were purchased opportunistically and successfully re-positioned into thriving communities. He is an affordable housing preservationist as co-founder of his venture Alliant Strategic to preserve and breathe new life into year 15 LIHTC (Low Income Housing Tax Credit) properties. He is also the founder of Impact Housing REIT, a Reg A+ Crowdfunded Platform to buy and transform neglected apartment buildings into thriving communities that are affordable.

Prior to forming SRC, Eddie Lorin was the exclusive acquisition advisor to a large national apartment company, where he led the acquisition of 110 properties; 25,000+ units contained in over $2 Billion in real estate. He has also handled over $700 million in transactions involving Class A office buildings and retail space for Douglas Emmett/Jon Douglas Commercial, and has sold various sale-leaseback properties with Damon Raike & Company. Eddie Lorin also spent 8 years in the asset management and development of 5 million square feet of shopping centers and industrial complexes while employed by private, entrepreneurial Los Angeles investors.

Eddie Lorin is also the co-founder of the 501C-3 non-profit HAPI Foundation, which was created to promote health and wellness in apartment communities. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and has been a licensed real estate broker since 1988. He is accompanied in life by his Jane and his two college age daughters Jenna and Mara.

 

Treasurer

Eric Steinhauer

Eric Steinhauer has 40 years of business experience in diverse industries from general engineering to medical devices to residential construction, both single and multi-family, and metals distribution. As President of Industrial Metal Supply, he has grown the company 8-fold over the last 20 years. At IMS he has led design, construction and financing efforts for over 500,000sq.ft. of concrete tilt-up warehouse space as well as 8 build-out projects.


Eric is currently in the fourth and final phase of developing the 30 acre Prop Park at Van Nuys airport. He has 2 degrees in civil engineering from MIT and an MBA from Stanford. Eric and his wife, Jeanne, have been married 40 years, and enjoy frequent visits from their son and daughter and their spouses, who all live in the LA area.

Chair

Linda Katz

Linda Katz is a Senior Accountant with Katz Accountancy Corporation where she has worked with her husband, Jerry for over 35 years. In her role as a Senior Accountant, she has assisted numerous small businesses with their challenging financial needs.
In addition, Linda & her husband have owned and operated several skilled nursing facilities. In 1999, they began the process of building a 70 unit assisted living. After growing that business into an award-winning community, they made the difficult decision to sell. Even though leaving the residents and amazing staff was heart-wrenching, it allowed her to pursue other interests and form the Jerry N. & Linda J. Katz Foundation where her generosity is felt in the numerous non-profits and individuals that benefit from such an endeavor.
Linda’s other philanthropic work currently includes Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity, an international men’s fraternity, and Harbor House, a homeless program in Thousand Oaks. Because of her devotion and her belief in their Missions, Linda has received recognition for her efforts.
In her spare time, Linda is involved with a woman’s investment club, planning events for charity, bridge, traveling, reading, cooking and spin classes. She and her husband have had the good fortune of having traveled to 70 countries.
Linda is a Mom to her stepson, Jeff, a successful realtor in San Diego.

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Rose Rockey

Rose Rockey has been and owner and CFO of Excel Contractors, Inc. in the Antelope Valley for the past 30 years. Her main duties are to oversee the accounting, contracts, and human resources in the family owned business.
Rose is currently on the Board of Homes 4 Families and has held various Board positions over the last 25 years in Assistance League of Antelope Valley.
Rose resides in the Antelope Valley and is very active in the community. She enjoys golfing, and activities with her family and grandchildren.

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Tony Rodriquez

Tony has spent the last 25 years as a financial leader in both private and public corporations managing all aspects of finance and accounting. Currently as CFO at The Bouqs Company, the leading farm-to-consumer online floral retailer, Tony manages all aspects of Finance, Accounting, HR and Legal and Administration.
Tony also continues his relationship with CSuite Financial Partners and a marketing partner. With CSuite, Tony has provided senior finance and operations leadership experience in global companies, including SaaS, media and consumer market industries positioning for high growth. He has lead execution of rapidly scaling finance functions and operations support to drive profitability and key drivers of performance. Tony has substantial experience leading negotiation of contracts and business development and executing integration. Tony has served as CFO and CAO for companies including TouchCommerce Inc., a rapidly growing SaaS-based digital interaction technology and service; Efficient Frontier, Inc., a technology-based search engine marketing solutions company; Nextera Enterprises, Inc. and its operating subsidiary, Woodridge Labs, Inc, a publicly-traded consumer products company; Capstone Turbine Corp., a publicly-traded leading producer of low-emission microturbine systems; and, as the Vice President of Finance at ValueClick, Inc., one of the world’s largest integrated online marketing services companies.
Tony began his career at KPMG LLP where he serviced international public and private companies in the manufacturing, retail, distribution, and technology sectors as an assurance senior manager. Tony is a certified public accountant (inactive) with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from California State University, Northridge.

Chief Executive Officer

Crystal M. Yelverton

Crystal Yelverton is a former Executive Director for Market Development for the Southern California region for the March of Dimes. In this role, she was responsible for account teams, fund development and leadership management. Crystal joined MOD in 2020, following 8 years and multiple positions with American Cancer Society, including the national Strategic Director, Field Sales & Relationship Management. Her career in the disease and public health space began with nearly a decade with American Heart Association across North Carolina and the Maryland/Washington, DC space.

Since that time, Crystal has shared her development and leadership skills with other non-profits including Ron Brown Scholarship Program and Private School Axis in the academic space and recently with ShelterBox USA, working in the global humanitarian space.

With over 20 years non-profit experience, she has held roles in public relations, sales leadership, sales operations, public health and provider education, partner collaborations, event planning and board development. Crystal is a native of North Carolina and graduate of East Carolina University’s School of Communication.

Having remained involved as an alumnus, Crystal is currently serving as the Cochair of the Southern CA Chapter of the East Carolina University Alumni Association.

Crystal is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., having held numerous leadership roles, currently including, President of the Century City Alumnae Chapter, Member of the National Membership Services Committee and a Farwest Region Facilitator for Delta Internal Development, training members on policies procedures and other leadership skills for use in and outside of the organization. Crystal serves on the Board of Directors for Culver City Educational Foundation and she is a past president of the Culver City High School Academy of Visual & Performing Arts Foundation and a member of Culver City Unified School Districts Strategic Arts Team.

Among numerous honors and recognitions, Crystal has been selected as a recipient of the Culver City High School PTA Honorary Service Award and recognized as a Culver City High School Volunteer of the Year along with being inducted in the Academy of Visual & Performing Arts Foundation Hall of Fame. Crystal is also a past recipient of the East Carolina’s University’s 40 Under 40 Leadership Award.

Crystal is married to Matthew Yelverton, a business owner and together they have 4 young adult children, CriShaun, Kobe, Kori and Trinity. Crystal and Matthew enjoy traveling when they are not at home in Culver City, CA with their loved miniature schnauzer, JAX.