Corporate Role

As Senior Director of Property Manager for Atlantic Residential’s portfolio, Debbie is responsible for leading operations for a portfolio of over 6,000 units. The portfolio comprises of properties in the Southeast and Midwest. Debbie has over 42 years of successful Property Management experience, including portfolio management and property operations.

Career History

Debbie began her career in multifamily property management in 1983. Her first position was as a Leasing Associate for Brentwood Properties, which later became part of Trammel Crow Properties in Florida. Later, she worked for Management Associates, formerly known as Butler Management, as a Property Manager, which grew into a multi-site management role. In 1996, this work led her from Florida to Georgia, where she continued to work for Management Associates, Watermark and Calibre Properties before taking a position with Atlantic Residential in 2001.

Project Experience

Before beginning work with Atlantic Residential, Debbie was instrumental in the lease-up of 10 communities as well as working on renovation projects. Debbie has been instrumental in the successful lease up of 31 properties with Atlantic Residential. She has worked on varying types of classes, including mixed-use developments, renovation projects as well as troubleshooting older communities and assisting them to meet their goals. Day-to-day responsibilities include recruiting and training of all personnel, marketing, leasing, budgeting to include annual budgets as well as new start up budgets, comprehensive weekly and monthly reporting, property site visits and inspections, client communications and overall property performance. For new developments, she is responsible for marketing, website development and implementation, startup activities, staffing and working on all facets of ground-up construction from design selection through stabilization of the asset. Debbie has worked closely with Asset Managers and Senior Managers with such firms such as Invesco, Northwestern Mutual, Behringer Harvard, Focus Development and Carlyle Group.