MASHCOLE PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT INC

Ilene Ayala Administrative Assistant

Ilene Joined Mashcole team in February 2019. She has over 15 years of experience in clerical and administrative work. She responsible for overseeing the take overs for all new properties. She also assists managers and Regional Supervisors with many tasks. She conducts market surveys, assist with anything that is needed. Work has always been more than a to-do list for her. She strives to take initiative on special projects. She continues to learn and work hard to help Mashcole grow and succeed.

Lilly Walker Regional Property Supervisor

Lilly Walker began her career in the industry more than 19 years ago. Mrs. Walker has creatively overcome challenges to maintain leasing velocity based on performance goals and creating and implementing out-of-the-box promotion strategies, all while managing owner expectations on performance and motivating her on-site teams! A lease-up expert, Mrs. Walker has lease-up work under her belt. She’s also been involved in some of the largest multifamily sales records. Mrs. Walker has a proven track record of increasing rents year over year with high occupancy and low expenses.

Melina Jimenez Regional Property Supervisor

Melina began her career in the property management industry more than 18 years ago. Melina started as a leasing agent for a 276-unit lease up property in Los Angeles and has a track record of successfully managing multi-family residential communities. Throughout her property management career, she has worked in many fields in the industry, which include leasing agent, business manager, director of training and development, and now, regional property supervisor. She has a strong ability to lead teams, build relationships with residents, and effectively market and lease properties. She is skilled in budget management, capital projects, vendor negotiations, and improving financial performances. Melina is committed to provide excellent customer service while maintaining the integrity of physical assets.

April Terrell Administrative Assistant

April Terrell started her career in property management in 2012 as an Floating Leasing Consultant with a property management temp agency. Where she was placed at multiple properties throughout Los Angeles to assist with understaffed apartment communities. She used this opportunity to gain experience in the property management field. After only a short period of time, she was hired on with a property management company as a Leasing Consultant/ Leasing Manager, overseeing and managing three properties, 500 plus units. After seven years on the job, April decided to leave to pursue a career in property management at a corporate level. In 2019, April was hired on as an Administrative Assistant to the Corporate Office at Mashcole Property Management.

Jasna Pribichevich Accounting Manager

Jasna has 15 years of experience in real estate industry.

Originally hired as an Accounts Payable Specialist for Mashcole Property Management, Inc. in 2018, Jasna Pribichevich soon rose to the position of Property Accountant. Jasna currently oversees the day-to-day responsibilities for the properties she manages, within the accounting department.

Jasna has a Bachelor’s Degree in law - from the Law School of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Olga Bakhmurova Accounting Assistant

Olga Bakhmurova joined the Mashcole team in 2024 as an Accounting Assistant. Olga brings over 8 years of administrative experience supporting various businesses in California. Olga's background is in real estate in Moscow where she worked as a consultant for leading development and brokerage firms.

Olga earned a Bachelor's Degree from the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow) with a major in marketing in real estate. Additionally, she completed accounting training and the UCLA Extension program with concentration in real estate. She strives for continuing growth and education in the accounting and real estate industries.

Carolaht Castellanos Administrative Assistant

With seven years of experience in customer service, Carolaht brings plenty of expertise in handling diverse client needs with efficiency and professionalism. Her background also includes administrative work, where she has sharpened her organizational skills and attention to detail in order to ensure smooth operations. Additionally, Carolaht holds a real estate license, allowing her to offer comprehensive support in navigating property transactions. Committed to deliver exceptional service, Carolaht strives to exceed expectations and build lasting relationships with clients.

Elsy A. Martell RodriguezRegional Property Supervisor

Elsy Rodriguez has been in property management since 1991. She began her career with a small real estate company in the bay area, spending 8 years managing various assets, including lease-ups, and garden style communities, all in southern california. Elsy was promoted to join the training department of her former company – which she joined and worked as a training manager for 11 years – during this time elsy was also studing to obtain her real estate license which will later be the opportunity for her to manage a porfolio of in oxnard, ca. Elsy joined mashcole a few years ago in her role of trainer to later become a regional property supervisor.

Elsy currently oversees properties located in Souther California. Mrs. Martell Rodriguez is a licensed real estate agent in the state of California. Elsy will handle any opportunity the best way possible to have a very positive outcome...

Matthew ShafferRegional Property Supervisor

Matt is a 4th generation property management professional learning tricks of the trade from birth. His win-win philosophy – doing things right, treating people with respect and creating relationships that last – is how he keeps occupancy in his buildings at nearly 100%. Skilled in overseeing operations, tenant relations, office management and maintenance coordination, he is a hardworking, hands-on member of the team. Matt is a property owner himself and knows what owners need to keep their investments sound. He has consistently been successful at balancing business considerations with tenant’s rights to achieve smart financial targets.

Matt has a “past life” in the film and TV industries as an editor and producer, is passionate about cooking, gardening, music, his hometown L.A. sports teams and The University of Wisconsin Badgers sports teams, family, and is an active philanthropist. Teaming up with friends from his Hollywood days, they established an outreach program in South-Central Los Angeles, where they taught students to act, write, direct, and make their own films. Matt and his wife Jennifer have two daughters.

Gisel Lima Accounting Clerk

With over 5 years of experience, Gisel joined the Mashcole team August 2018 as an accounts payable manager. Her clerical and administrative experience have allowed her to quickly grow, and she currently manages all payables for four different accountant managers.

Her passion for learning new things and her desire for personal growth, have not only allowed her to quickly grow and become a welcomed part of the Mashcole team, but also are sure to open many doors for her and offer her new responsibilities in the years to come.

Vince Abanilla Regional Property Supervisor

Vince comes to Mashcole with 10 + years of experience in the Property Management industry.

He started his career as a Leasing Agent for a 120-unit complex in the San Fernando Valley. He was able to maintain an occupancy rate between 95 – 96% at this property. With hard work and perseverance, he rose from the ranks and started managing a 60-unit then on to a 140-unit complex in the same locale in a brief period of time.

Prior to joining Mashcole as a Regional Property Supervisor, he has overseen more than 500+ units and with his team of 10 managers and a crew of maintenance technicians, he was able to maintain a high occupancy, low delinquency and customer satisfied apartment buildings across his portfolio.

Vince on his spare time loves to travel and explore various places. He likes playing poker and loves Japanese and Italian dishes.

Vince has a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration major in Human Resource Management at the De La Salle University – College of Saint Benilde in Manila, Philippines.

Mariella Thompson Administrative Assistant

Mariella Joined the Mashcole team in 2016. She has over 15 years of experience in customer service along with clerical and administrative experience. She is in charge of running all applications for applicants and has been helping the company get set up for online applications!

She conducts market surveys, lease audits and unit by unit summaries to help in the acquisition of new properties.

She then produces our Property Management Agreements between new clients and Mashcole.

She also assists managers with many tasks and Regional Property Supervisors.

She continues to work diligently to help Mashcole grown and succeed!

Iris Carattini Director Of Training & Development

Iris is our Training Director working with all of our associates in their growth and development in the property management field and ensuring Mashcole is in compliance with all regulatory requirements.

Iris believes in hands-on training; eschewing the impersonality of web training whenever possible to offer time that is filled with her unique personal touch, comprehensive knowledge, immediately usable information, a dash of her example-based sense of humor and all wrapped together by her belief in uplifting support for staff. Iris has been involved in multiple new program roll-outs with Mashcole and has developed a strong professional and personal relationship with multiple vendors servicing our company.

Iris has over 30 years Property Management experience. She started as a receptionist working a switchboard and spent the years rapidly moving up in the industry; often holding multiple titles simultaneously. Her duties have included Director of Quality Control, Acquisition Team Member, Asset Manager, VP of Business Development, Regional Property Supervisor and Property Manager. She believes in a ground-up approach and feels everyone in the company - regardless of position - should have an understanding and respect for any other position; from president to maintenance. This belief has led to her ability to see how proposals will fit and work together before implementation; allowing Mashcole to often avoid costly or timely corrections or re-alignment.

Iris is Tax Credit Complaint, and holds a certification as an Occupancy Specialist.

Islamiat RasakAdministrative Assistant

Islamiat “Izzy” joined the Mashcole team in late June of this year, with more than 3 years of clerical experience. She previously worked at Wells Fargo, where her responsibility consisted of depositing and cashing checks. She has also worked at a Real Estate Law Firm where she learned how to draft and record Grant Deeds, Preliminary Change of Ownership, and Foreclosure documents. She is thrilled to be a part of a family-oriented team, where team advancement and improvements are encouraged. She looks forward to the experience and opportunities Mashcole has to offer and hopes to make a significant impact on the growth of the company.

Margarita RangelPayroll Assistant

Margarita previously worked at Chase, where her responsibilities consisted of cash management, account maintenance, and processing transactions. She has worked in customer service for 7+ years with the commitment of making sure each interaction is carried out from start to finish. Additionally, Margarita holds a BS degree in Business Administration. She is very excited to be a part of the team and looks forward to living out Mashcole’s goal of overseeing the day to day operations of each and every asset as if were her home.

Daniel Razo Human Resources Assistant

Daniel joined the Mashcole team in April 2022. He brings 10 years of customer service experience from a retail, hospitality, and events background. Before joining Mashcole, he worked for Target as a Lead where he helped opened a new store in Encino. From hiring, training, metrics and operations, Daniel was crucial for the inaugural team and store opening.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, with an emphasis in Public Relations, from California State University, Northridge. Most recently, he earned a certification in Human Resources Essentials from Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations. He enjoys spending as much time with family and being outdoors as he can.

Lyndon Aldaba Accounting Manager

Lyndon has worked in various industries in the Philippines and here in the USA. Lyndon started in the telecommunications industry back in his home country, working in the Accounting and Planning Department. When Lyndon moved to the US, he worked in the textile, jewelry and construction industries. For Lyndon, “it has been a pleasure to work with Mashcole; with a unique culture. The vision is clear, the growth is phenomenal and the friendships established is wonderful. Hopefully, I will be able to contribute to the achievement of the goals of the company.”

Imelda Cunada-Globus Accounting Manager

Imelda has joined Mashcole with more than 15 years’ experience in Accounts Payable and General Accounting when she worked with a credit union. She hoped that she would bring this experience to Mashcole and be an asset to the company; thus after months of working with Accounts Payable, she moved to Accounting as accountant. She graduated in BS-Commerce major in Business Administration in the University of Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines.

Charlene Dela Merced Accounts Payable Clerk

Charlene is an pre-accounting major from California State University. After spending three years in the field of business acumen, she developed entry-level skills in vendor management, marketing, and customer service. Charlene is a hard-working and funny person with the hope of becoming a successful CPA someday while contributing her skills to a company's success.

Jocelyn Hernandez Accounts Payable Clerk

Jocelyn joined the Mashcole team in 2020. She has over 5 years of administrative and clerical experience as well as experience in production management. She is part of our Accounts Payable department. All of her experience has helped her become adjusted and take on any AP task. She has easily become part of the Mashcole family as she loves to help others and is willing on learning new things.

Jeannette Weeks Accounts Payable Clerk

Jeannette joined the Mashcole team in 2021. She has over 30 years of clerical, administrative and management experience in the dental field. After her years of experience working in the dental field, she became interested in trying a new field for both her personal and career growth. Jeanette is part of the accounting department and is excited to be part of the Mashcole team. Her goal is to provide our clients and vendors with the best customer service experience.

Yolanda Dilworth Regional Property Supervisor

Yolanda joined the Mashcole team in December 2020 and currently oversees properties in Southern California, mainly in West Los Angeles. She started her career in property management in 2007, following in the footsteps of her mother, as a Leasing Consultant with a private owner. She leased at several properties throughout Orange County. Shortly after, the properties were transitioned over to a professional management company where she was able to gain more knowledge and at a larger scale. In 2017 Yolanda made a decision and achieved her goals to obtain a DRE License and promote to a supervisory position in property management, where she would begin managing over 500 units in Orange and Los Angeles county.

Outside of her career, Yolanda enjoys spending time with her family, traveling and exploring different countries, and loves everything Disney.

JC Garcia Regional Property Supervisor

JC Garcia has more than 25 years of experience working in multi-family communities and commercial portfolio's. He specializes in administrative skills and is responsible for the financial performance on using progressive systems and applications, including management software, mass communication procedures, and organizational apps. JC is a powerful force in the workplace and uses his positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work smart and succeed. JC is inspired daily by his son and daughter. In his free time, JC likes to work out at the gym and play, advanced racquetball.

Michele Schier Senior Accounting Manager

Michele has more than 20 years of professional experience in accounting and financial analysis. She has been with Mashcole Property Management since 2008 where she started as the Accounting Manager. She has moved up to the position of Controller based out of the Corporate Office in Calabasas.

Michele oversees the preparation of monthly financial reporting packages, day-to-day operations for a portfolio of Voyager assets, and assists in A/R and A/P approvals.

Prior to Mashcole Property management, Michele worked for seven years as an Accounting Supervisor at the Woodland Hills office of Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS), a real estate investment trust (REIT), with ownership interests in 134 apartment communities located in California and Washington, where she participated in the successful conversion of the entire portfolio from AMSI to Yardi. She handled complex accounting transactions, including recording the purchase and sale of properties, joint venture distribution calculations, intra-company reconciliations, and insurance and management fee allocations.

Prior to her work at Essex, she worked as a Sr. Accountant for Commercial Underwriters Insurance (a division of Swiss Re) in Calabasas, and Roll International Corporation in Los Angeles.

Ms. Schier holds a B.S. in Business Administration from California State University, Northridge. She lives in West Hills with her husband, twin daughters and son.

Pamela Adaime Accounting Manager

Pamela started working for Mashcole Property Management, Inc. in 2014 as an Accounting Administrator and moved her way up to being responsible for 12 multifamily properties. Pamela does all accounting on her properties, payroll reimbursement and Management fees. She also completes the month-end closing, bank reconciles and financial reports. Pamela also has experience working with QuickBooks.

Pamela is great with clients and meticulous in her work. She has a Bachelor in Psychology and Minor in Business Administration from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada and is fluent in three languages.

Rachel Aldana Accounting Manager

Rachel Aldana has over 10 years of experience in accounting. She started at Equity Hotels back in 1994 to 2003 as she then decided to join the Property Management world and team up with Stratus Riverstone as a Senior Accountant. She also has an onsite experience as a Business Manager. Prior to joining Mashcole, Rachel was working for CBH Property Management which she specialize in Tax Credit/HUD and has a great knowledge with USDA Program and Compliance. Currently, Rachel is one of the Accounting Manager with Mashcole Property Management and joined on August of 2016. She handles preparation of monthly financial statement packages, day-to-day operations for a portfolio of Voyager assets and responsible for 16 multi-million properties.

Khalilah El Regional Property Supervisor

Khalilah Joined the Mashcole Family in August of 2016. She brings with her over 10 years of Property Management experience. Her goal is to provide a warm customer service oriented experience that you can trust with all of your real estate management needs.

Khalilah got her first taste of property management with her families’ real estate acquisitions. At 22 her grandmother purchased her two houses. She said “Live in this one and rent that one out.” With some trial and error it wasn’t long before Khalilah was entrusted with managing the day to day duties associated with 56 of her families’ residences. Since then Khalilah has thrived in real estate management and acquisitions. Her simple Motto is “I will take care of it like it’s my own.”

Sonya Reeves Senior Regional Property Supervisor

Sonya Reeves joined Mashcole Property Management in 2015, bringing with her 19 years of property management expertise. As a Regional Supervisor, she spent the last 14 years overseeing an extensive portfolio including Market Rate Conventional, LIHTC, HUD Section 8, 202 PRAC, bonds and other mixed-income communities. Within this portfolio she has also helped facilitate the development of new construction as well as the redevelopment of existing communities.

Sonya has a strong financial background studying accounting practices at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. She is designated as a certified property manager (CAM) through the Arizona Multihousing Association and is also a licensed real estate agent through the Arizona Board of Realtors.

Lucy Semerjian Director of Administration

Lucy Semerjian started with Mashcole Property Management in 2012 as an Administrative Assistant. Her efficiency, attention to detail, and strong work ethic got her promoted to Office Manager. As Office Manager, she oversees three Administrative Assistants and assists three Regional Property Supervisors. Part of her duties include depositing and posting all rent, opening & closing Wells Fargo bank accounts, as well as updating PayLease and Section Owner Portals.

Lucy received her Bachelors of Science degree in Marketing from California State University, Northridge.

Rod Zuniga Corporate Controller

Rod has been in the Real Estate and Finance business for more than 25 years. He has been with Mashcole Property Management since 2015 as an Accounting Manager.

Prior to joining Mashcole Property Management, he worked for 10 years as an Accounting Manager at Fiscal Credit Union. Fiscal is a state chartered credit union based in Glendale California with assets of more than $135 million and over 16,000 members which it has been serving since 1936. Rod oversees the day to day operation of the accounting department with a staff of 1 assistant accounting manager and 3 senior accounting clerks. Rod prepares the monthly financial reporting package for the Board and quarterly compliance reports to the State of California department of Business Oversight.

Prior to Fiscal Credit Union, Rod worked for five years as an Accounting Manager with Vintage Capital Group, LLC, an investment firm founded by highly successful business executive and investor, Mr. Fred Sands. After establishing and successfully building Fred Sands Realtors into one of the largest real estate and financial services firms in the United States (7th largest), Mr. Fred Sands successfully exited this business in a merger with Coldwell Banker and formed Vintage Capital Group. Prior to the merger Rod was responsible for the financial reporting of Fred Sands Realtors and its subsidiaries that includes insurance, franchising, title and escrow company among others. He also managed the accounting department of Western Capital Resources, a property management company which is a subsidiary of Fred Sands Realtors. Western Capital Resources managed over 30 commercial and residential properties ranging from medical offices and apartment buildings.

Rod holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines.

Karen Santos Accounting Manager

Karen joined the Mashcole team in 2017 as an administrative assistant. Her strong work ethic and dedication led her to join the accounting department as a Accounts Payable Clerk ,and is now the Leading Accounts Payable Clerk. She has over 10 years of experience in Accounts Payable along with clerical and administrative experience. She is in charge of account payables for three accountants , and aids managers, vendors, accountants, and clients with all inquiries regarding payables. She is also assisting the controller with special projects and tasks. Meanwhile, she is also being trained to become an accounting manager, she is currently aiding with a few properties.

Tracy Rodriguez Director of Human Resources

Tracy brings 7 years of human resources and business operation experience. Prior to working in property management, Tracy worked as the Assistant Director of Operations at a title I public charter school in the San Fernando Valley that outperformed neighboring schools on state testing and other metrics. Tracy managed the LAUSD compliance visits and the national school lunch program that consistently received outstanding scores. She was also responsible for companywide training and developed processes to improve the operations of the organization. Tracy received her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in biology from California State University, Northridge. Her expertise includes compliance, policy and procedure development, operations, and organizational development.