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Biography of Steven Shuey
Steven Shuey came to the Coachella Valley in 1975 after leaving a history in the Los Angeles area where he grew up and learned appliance repair and locksmithing; and after 4 years in the U.S. Air Force where he was an air conditioning specialist. He left the LA area for a special career opportunity to work in a relatively new community in Rancho Mirage.
Steven went to work at the Desert Island Condominium Community as a Maintenance Engineer. His air conditioning background led him to join the Desert Chapter of the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES), where he served as President for many years.
After 10 years at Desert Island managing the maintenance department, he performed as the Assistant Manager of the community. All along he studied all aspects of Homeowner Association Management with the Community Associations Institute (CAI) an educational organization for homeowner associations.
In 1992 he was asked to be the General Manager for the Desert Island Condominium Community, the only high-rise condominiums in the desert where there are 226 homes, on a 25 acre island, surrounded by a 25 acre lake that is surrounded by a championship golf course, the Desert Island Golf & Country Club. He served in that position until June 2008.
In 1994 he started Team Property Management, Inc. as a community association consulting and management company that performed maintenance, janitorial, and carpet cleaning services. Steven’s knowledge in effective community management makes consulting with associations and managers his sought after trade. He had two partners who ran the maintenance, janitorial and carpet cleaning divisions. Steven left that company to his partners in 2008.
In 1996 Steven was asked to join the board of directors of the Coachella Valley Chapter of the CAI where he served 6 years and is now a past president. He holds a designation of PCAM (Professional Community Association Manager) through the CAI.
Through the CAI Steven wrote a column from 2002-2008 for The Desert Sun and occasionally hosted a weekly TV show, CAI Report, on the local Time Warner Cable channel. Steven also served on the Managers Committee for the national organization of the CAI where he facilitates meetings with professional HOA managers all across the nation at their national conferences every year.
Stevenís primary interest is in helping make the communities in our valley a pleasurable place to live through education of homeowner association board members, community association managers, and the service providers that serve the homeowner associations.
Steven is a member of the California Association of Community Managers (CACM) through which he holds the designation of CCAM (Certified Community Association Manager). He served on the Escrow Task Force in the Coachella Valley in 2000 working to enhance relationships between escrow officers and community managers.
Steven was elected from among his peers in the industry to serve on the Association of Professional Community Managers Board of Directors in 2008. The APCM is a national organization for Community Association Managers.
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PCAM = Professional Community Association Manager (National) (CAI)
CCAM = Certified Community Association Manager (California) (CACM)
Member CAI (Community Associations Institute)
Member CACM (California Association Community Managers
Past-president of the Community Associations Institute – Coachella Valley Chapter
Served on National (APCM) Managerís Networking Committee from 1998-2009.
Facilitates forums at national conferences for the CAI
Presently serving on the Board of Directors of the Association of Professional Community Managers (a part of the CAI)
General manager of the Desert Island Condominium Community 1992-2008
Employed at Desert Island 1975-2008 (Yes, 33 years!)
President, Team Property Management, Inc., a Community Association Management Company 1994-2011
Wrote for the Desert Sun Newspaper, a column on HOA living with readership of about 45,000 throughout the Palm Springs area (Coachella Valley) of California 2002-2008
Hosted TV show CAI Report (Local Channel 111 Time Warner) Seen through out the Palm Springs Area (Coachella Valley) of California 2002-2007.
Provides consultation to associations on management issues.
Serves as a Community Association Consultant for Personalized Property Management 2008-Present
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