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Palos Verdes Homes Association

320 Palos Verdes Drive West
Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274

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Providing expertise to assist and guide property owners and professionals in making improvements to a residence or commercial property.

 

Board Of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of five annually elected members charged with managing Association finances, holding public meetings and elections, keeping meeting minutes, approving amendments, and adopting resolutions.

Christine McNamara
Christine McNamara
President

Fortunate to have lived in PVE for 36 years and raise two sons here, Christine answered the call to serve the community and friends that she and her family are grateful to call home. With her executive background in finance, consulting, and operations, Christine brings a dedicated sense of purpose and urgency to her work on behalf of all Homes Association members. Open to all challenges, her immediate focus includes protecting our enviable, bucolic single-family residential neighborhoods, fiscal management, and enhanced communications.

Mahmoud Farzaneh
Mahmoud Farzaneh
Vice President

Mahmoud Farzaneh has been a resident of PVE since 2021.  He is a father of two young children and raising them in a great neighborhood was part of the reason he and his wife moved to PVE.

He is a structural engineer and has practiced engineering in Southern California for about two decades.  His focus has been on large commercial and residential projects as well as renovation of historic buildings.  He has worked with many renowned architects throughout the region and he manages a group of 20 engineers and drafters.

He is delighted to be part of the board of directors of Palos Verdes Homes Association and be working with the board members.

Keith Geiger
Keith Geiger
Treasurer

For the last 18 years Keith has lived in the South Bay, but just two years ago finally moved with his family to Palos Verdes. For many years it was a goal to move the family to Palos Verdes Estates in 2021 that dream finally came true. After graduating from UCSB with a double major in finance and communications he completed graduate school at CSUN, earning a master’s in business administration. Keith has volunteered at Cedars Sinai and served on the board of directors for several chambers of commerce including Simi Valley, Calabasas, and Redondo Beach. Some of Keith’s achievements include earning the Eagle Scout rank, obtaining the Series 7 General Securities Representative designation and reaching a black belt rank in jiu jitsu where he helps teach young children self-defense. Keith plans to use decades of experience in asset management and property management to uphold the policies and regulations that make Palos Verdes such an unequalled and cherished place to live. Keith understands the comprehensive and careful planning involved in the original vision of Palos Verdes has sustained the peninsula’s majesty for the last century. Keith offers his mindfulness and attention to detail for future years of protecting the high standards and aesthetics of Palos Verdes. Additionally, He plans to help facilitate efforts to improve office systems and operations in order to productively streamline workflows and ensure each project receives the attention and dedication deserved.

Philippe Kassouf
Philippe Kassouf
Secretary

Philippe and his wife, Julie, moved to PVE in 2021 to start their family.   They fell in love with PVE for its strong sense of community; and are excited about the roots they are putting down in a one-of-a-kind place. Philippe is an accomplished aerospace engineer.  He received his bachelor’s in aerospace engineering from the University of Southern California in 2002. He was recruited to develop avionics for, at the time,  a small startup called SpaceX.  In 2008, he attained a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.  Since then, he has led several Aerospace Engineering companies and now serves on a handful of advisory boards for space startups.  As a director of the PVHA, Philippe aims to bring some process efficiencies and assist with automation and online services to help expand PVHA’s capacity to serve our community.

Kim Rhodes
Kim Rhodes
Candidate

Kim Rhodes is the mother of 4, and has owned a home in Palos Verdes Estates (PVE) since 2017. She shares your love for the PVE community and is committed to making positive contributions as a neighbor.
Professional Background: Currently, Kim is a Director in the Career Office at Loyola Marymount University where her son is a student. She leads the employer relations team and teaches a first year orientation course. Kim has spent most of her career as a corporate executive, board secretary and attorney in tech, fintech and health services for global enterprises (IBM, SAP, Citibank, Walgreens) and high growth start-up businesses. She has published peer-reviewed law journal articles on emerging technology, privacy and security topics. Kim earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and JD from Villanova University School of Law.
Volunteer Leadership: An advocate for civic engagement, Kim is the founder and board chair of a national nonprofit benefiting cancer research. In the PVE community, Kim served as a volunteer member of the Palos Verdes Homeowners Association (PVHA) Elections Committee in 2020, the City of PVE Parklands Committee from 2020-2022 and the Palos Verdes Residents for Responsible Government (PVrrg) Steering Committee from 2020-2024. She is also a current PVPUSD parent who served as class parent at Lunada Bay Elementary 2019-2020 and a Board member and Secretary to the PVIS Booster Club 2020-2023.

Brian Pressman
Brian Pressman
Candidate

Originally from the Boston area, Brian graduated from Boston College with a degree in Economics and Chinese. Brian later attained his MBA from the University of Hawaii and worked as both a Chinese Translator and Portfolio Manager at a $300M Hedge Fund. Currently, Brian is a Managing Director of Analytics at OMD- the largest Media Agency in the world. With his team of 46 Analysts and Data Scientists Brian helps Fortune 100 companies improve their Advertising campaigns. Brian has lived in Palos Verdes Estates since 2021 with his wife Darian and two daughters Brady (7) and Tomi (2.5).

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