May Round Up
Highlights
Our Founder and CEO Donna Preiss was recently featured in an interview on Student Housing Business magazine where she spoke about numerous things including our company’s recent growth and transactional activity, future outlook of the student housing industry, and the things our company has done to remain successful through the pandemic and labor challenges in recent times.
Check out the article here - The SHB Interview - "Buying, Selling and Strategizing"
Spotlight
Congratulations to the team at Arden Villas in Orlando, Florida for reaching the 2022 Century Club!
They are the 11th property in the entire portfolio to reach 100% pre-leased for this leasing season!
Congratulations to the team at Proximity at 10th in Greenville, NC for reaching the 2022 Century Club! They are the 12th property in the entire portfolio to reach 100% pre-leased for this leasing season!
We also wanted to recognize those who recently scored 90% and above on the Quarter 1 Secret Shop Results from Black Sheep! This indicates that you go above and beyond to deliver exceptional service and experiences to our future residents!
Tia Williams | 100.00% | The Collective at Auburn
Keila Vaden | 96.77% | Stonegate and Carlton Scott Apartments
Sonia Ramirez | 96.77% | The Forum at Sam Houston
Lisa Barrera | 90.2% | High View Apartments
Betsy Jenswold | 90.32% | The Warehouse Apartments
Abigail Tickle | 90.00% | The Edition on Oberlin
Announcement
The third and final winner of the Hydration Challenge sponsored by the Health and Wellness ERG is Amanda Teague from the Corporate Office in Raleigh, NC!
Congrats to all of the participants in the Hydration Challenge! We hope you all can join in on the next challenge sponsored by the Heath and Wellness ERG.
Don’t forget it’s never too late to join the ERG!
Resources
Don’t forget that TPCO offers a Healthy Lifestyle Reimbursement Program which provides monthly reimbursement for ongoing membership or participation in certain activities, or a flat annual amount for the purchase of certain wellness, health or fitness related equipment.
All full-time employees are eligible to participate in this program and each employee is eligible for an annual maximum reimbursement total of $360.
Check out the details on Preiss Central!
Employee Updates
We’re always excited to see our employees take a next step in their Preiss Company careers. Help us congratulate and celebrate some recent employee changes!
Kaleigh Bordeaux has been promoted to Property Manager at Plato’s Lofts at Randall in Wilmington, NC
Alan Herren has been promoted to Maintenance Supervisor at Wolf Creek in Jonesboro, AR
Daniel Allee has been promoted to Leasing Manager at High View Apartments in San Antonio, TX
Abigail Tickle has relocated and been promoted to Leasing Manager at University Village Clemson in Clemson, SC
Deja Gomez has been promoted to Business Manager at the Estates at San Antonio in San Antonio, TX
Dalvin Roberts has been promoted to Assistant Property Manager at Quantum on West Call in Tallahassee, FL
Madyson Lee has been promoted to Leasing Manager at Quantum on West Call in Tallahassee, FL
Lauren DeSimone has been promoted to a full-time Leasing Consultant at Campus Edge in Raleigh, NC
Robert Lee has relocated to the Edition on Oberlin in Raleigh, NC as a Leasing Consultant
Welcome to everyone who joined the Preiss Company team as a new employee last month!
Malik Brown | Maintenance Technician | Quantum on West Call
Addonis Cobb | Maintenance Technician | Eastern on 10th
Phillip Goldberg | Financial Analyst Intern | Corporate Office
Jacqueline Holmes | Housekeeper | The Nest
Anie Jimenez | Leasing Consultant | Gateway at Huntsville
Francisco Madera Miranda | Maintenance Technician | Cabana Beach Gainesville
Kenneth Schofield | Maintenance Technician | The Row at the Stadium
Elizabeth Scheckells | Leasing Consultant | The Collective at Auburn
Kiyanna Palmer | Leasing Consultant | Orion on Orpington
John Romero | Maintenance Technician | University Trails
Linda Yelderman | Leasing Consultant | University Trails
Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
Each month, the Employee Resource Groups formed by the TPCO DEI Council meet via Zoom to discuss topics pertaining to their group’s focus. We encourage you to join any and all of these ERG meetings for an opportunity to connect with fellow employees who share common interests.
Each group’s meetings have been scheduled for April and you can add them to your calendar by clicking the links below.
Rainbow Coalition ERG May Meeting
May 26th | 1:00 PM EST - Add to calendar
Health & Wellness ERG May Meeting
May 18th | 12:00 PM EST - Add to Calendar
Professionals of Color ERG May Meeting
May 11th | 1:00 PM EST - Add to calendar
Shout Outs
“Shout out to Willow Creek team for all of their hard work and determination! They pour their blood, sweat, and tears into making our community so great! ”
“Shout out to JERRYYY ESQUIVELLLLL (aka Jerr Bear)! He’s had a really tough first month as a PM but he seems to be crushing it! It’s all downhill from here boyyyyyyy!”
“I’d like to give a shout out to the Willow Creek Radford team! They hit 70% prelease on 4/26 and were only 44.4% preleased as of May 7th, 2021 (around the time we took over last year). I am SO proud of Elizabeth Kaires, Mike Pignataro, and all of the Radford team for their tireless hard work and determination. Keep up the great work!”
“Shoutout to Zakheya Johnson, Ethan Alaniz, and Alejandro Perez at University Trails for being on a roll selling these leases!! You are all so fun to work with. I’m so lucky!!
Shoutout to Marco Falcon & Alexandra Lagnese at University Trails for always working hard. I’ve never heard a complaint once!! You two are very positive and hardworking. Great examples for the team!
Shoutout to Jerry Esquivel for handling his property in San Marcos and almost getting to 100%!!”
“Shoutout to Eme Chowdhury and Emily Foreman for always being there for me to listen and talk through issues. Thankful to have great coworkers!!”
“I wanted to give a huge shoutout to Dayvon and Linda on my accounting team for being so great to work with the past year as an intern. Thank you for all you’ve done and I am so grateful for my time here and everything I’ve learned! I’ll miss you both!”
“I wanted to give a huge shout out to our University Trails leasing staff and LMM Allie Lagnese for signing 112 leases in March and 96 leases as of this moment for April. They are rocking forward with positive attitudes and outlooks. Keep doing positive things as we will hit our goal here soon. Love y’all! ”
May Birthdays
Wishing a very Happy Birthday to all of the May birthdays!
1st - Sara Clark
2nd - Sam Brooks, Annabelle Kornasiewicz, Tavian Tomlinson
3rd - Rachel McDonald
5th - Jill Alford, Samuel Garthright
6th - Andrew Williams
7th - Luis Alejos Jr., Wimberly Jackson, Silviya Sokolova
8th - Daniel Talavera
9th - Tony Brewer, Josh Ragland, Kenneth Rivera
10th - Booker Gilbert, Cody Kerr, James Markus, Madeleine Martin
11th - Jada Gladney-Brize
13th - Kalyn Gaines, Reily Lewis
14th - Darrick English
16th - Javier Guerrero Saenz, Alejandro Perez
17th - Gerry Parks, Alisha Rushing
18th - Kyli Olden
19th - Rayvon Davis, Maite Santana-Salgado, Julian Spence
20th - Kylie Varney
21st - Cade Kieschnick, Rodrigo Ramos
22nd -Kara Hill, Connor Parman
23rd - Ja’lan Rose
24th - James Pinner
26th - Shavon Blue
28th - Kristin Comp
30th - Ashley Byrd
31st - Kimberli Borgh, Cliffton Nevels
Milestone Anniversaries
We’d like to recognize everyone celebrating their work anniversary in May! We’re so glad you’re a part of the TPCO family and appreciate all you do!
1 Year
Alison Trezek (1st), Andrew Thompson (10th), Kassie Cessna (10th), Irwin Williams (10th), Jonathan Ben (10th), Grace Fields (11th), Tessa Brooks (17th), Thomas Deane (17th), Kimberly Olivas (17th), Hannah Bulman (18th), Anna Lemick (19th), Dalvin Roberts (21st), Albert Ruiz (21st), Jessica Rudin (22nd), Daniel Kirkland (22nd), Wimberly Jackson (22nd), Drew Seigfried (24th), John Cummings (24th), Zachary Asbury (24th), Douglas Yates (24th), Mark Jimenez (24th), Vance Beasley Jr. (26th), Hunter Stanfield (26th)
2 Year
Robert Lee (20th)
3 Year
Morgan Matlock (14th), Sierra Rose de la Fuente (15th), Jonathan Nieves (22nd)
4 Year
Reily Lewis (1st), Maria Tapia (2nd), Silviya Sokolova (4th), Tori Dickerson (4th), Georgie Jenkins (15th)
5 Year
Ronald Ramirez (31st), Alexander Zorrilla Perez (31st), Raymond Hatch (31st), Marcus Hamilton (31st), Josie Colacci (31st)
6 Year
Amanda Williams (11th)
7 Year
Eric Espinal (11th)
9 Year
Sally de Sousa (1st)
11 Year
Lane Sheer (23rd), Jessica Ginestra (31st)
12 Year
Duwan Langdon (10th)
14 Year
Mariana Morton (22nd)
16 Year
Chloe Rasmussen (15th)
