The RHA Oregon Team
Executive Officers
President, Ron Garcia (503)595-4747
President Elect, Mark Passannante (503)294-0910
Vice President, Phil Owen (503)224-7986
Treasurer, Sandra Landis (503)659-8803
Secretary, Lynne Whitney (503)284-5522
Past President, John Sage (503)667-7971
Board of Directors
Alan Carpenter (360)772-2197
Elizabeth Carpenter (503)314-6498
Tamara Collins (503)932-9388
Jerad Goughnour (503)303-8545
Jim Herman (503)645-8287
Charles Kovas (503)255-8795
Katie O’Neal (503)352-6760
Mihyun Pratt (503)969-5412
Ami Stevens (503)407-3663
AJ Shepard (503)772-6355
It takes a great group of volunteers to make an organization run. Come join RHA Oregon’s Board of Directors and volunteer to make things happen. RHA Oregon is always looking for volunteers to chair committees. If you have great ideas, it only takes a couple of hours each month. Want to help? Talk to Ron Garcia, RHA Oregon President at ron@garciagrp.com.
Our Office Team
Cari Pierce
Office Manager
Cari joined the RHA Oregon team in spring of 2011. A short time later she took on the roll as Office Manager. The majority of her office experience comes from 17 years she spent in the medical field. Cari came to RHA following a short time as Office Coordinator for a Portland area property management company, and has worked in the industry since 2007. She also grew up in a family that owned rental property all of her life. She remembers many a time spending the day at the rental property with her grandparents while work was being done.
Cari enjoys spending time with family, playing games, visiting the beach, and is an avid movie-goer.
Surekha Guzman
Member Services Assistant
She came to Rental Housing Alliance in November of 2017. As the Member Services Assistant, Surekha is the first point of contact to our members by phone and in person, processes new memberships, and assists members with a number of other services.
Surekha can be reached at memberservicesasst@rhaoregon.org
Lynn Peterson
Bookkeeper
Lynn joined RHA Oregon as bookkeeper in January, 2018. Lynn’s 25 years of accounting experience prior to joining the RHA Oregon team included positions at a start-up company in Portland, a printing company in Tigard, and many years working in the banking industry. Lynn enjoys working with numbers, and has spent her career putting her mathematical skills to good use.
Outside of work, Lynn enjoys spending time with family, taking long walks, playing Sudoku, and reading suspense/mystery novels.
Lynn can be reached at bookkeeper@rhaoregon.org
Diana Lindemann
Special Projects Representative
Diana joined RHA Oregon in 2017 as our Special Projects Representative. Born and raised in Oregon, She learned to love traveling from her parents experiences, as well as learning how to manage property from working with the family.
Her diverse background in education and property management brings 30 years of experience and people skills to RHA Oregon. Diana has held many positions throughout her career, but feels the most rewarding position so far is being a property manager. Helping landlords is gratifying, especially when the outcome is a positive one for both landlords and tenants.
Diana can be reached at specialprojects@rhaoregon.org