Sharyn Edwards, CCAM®, AMS®, President, is a senior urban community manager with Merit Property Management.  She has been involved with the San Diego Chapter of CAI for six years.  Sharyn currently serves on the Monte Carlo Committee and Day At the Races Committee.  Sharyn is the recipient of CAI’s 2004 Rising Star Manager of the Year Award.  She was also named Committee Member of the Year for both Billiards Committee and Day at the Races Committee in 2005 and 2006.  In 2006 and 2007 she was presented with CAI’s Member of the Year Award.

Patee Barta-Spurlock, President-Elect, is the co-chair of the Legislative Action Committee Roundtable and is a delegate to the California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC).  Barta-Spurlock is with Roy Palacios Insurance Agency, Inc., an “elite” company designated by Farmers Insurance.  She joined the company in January 2007 after her marriage in 2006 and after a 17-year job with a well-respected law firm in San Diego.  Barta-Spurlock is a multi-chapter member and has been awarded numerous awards in both San Diego and Greater Inland Empire Chapters where she is a former “Hall of Fame” recipient.  

Rick Salpietra, Vice President, is an attorney and Vice-President of Community Associations Institute, San Diego Chapter.  He is a member of the College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL).  He was a member of the Board of Directors from 1999 – 2002, and president in 2003.  He has served on the Monte Carlo, Membership, Magazine, Day at the Races, Billiards, and Awards Banquet committees, as well as the CAI National Conference Committee.  He has also been a Director of the Baker-Dolnick Education Foundation.  In 2004, Mr. Salpietra was awarded the CAI–San Diego Chapter's Sam Dolnick Lifetime Achievement Award for his extensive service to the Chapter.

Mr. Salpietra’s law firm’s emphasis is community association law, real estate and construction law, and mold related cases.  He is also a licensed architect in the States of California, Nevada and Florida, and is a licensed general contractor in California.  He has authored several articles and presented seminars on community association law, mold litigation and construction related issues in California and Texas.  His firm is located in Rancho Santa Fe, California.

Patee Barta-Spurlock is the 2007 secretary of the Executive Board for the CAI San Diego Chapter.  She also co-chairs the Legislative Action Committee Roundtable and is a delegate to the California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC).  Barta-Spurlock is with Roy Palacios Insurance Agency, Inc., an “elite” company designated by Farmers Insurance.  She joined the company in January 2007 after her marriage in 2006 and after a 17-year job with a well-respected law firm in San Diego.  Barta-Spurlock is a multi-chapter member and has been awarded numerous awards in both San Diego and Greater Inland Empire Chapters where she is a former “Hall of Fame” recipient.  

Cyndi Koester, Secretary, is the Assistant Vice President for So. CA for Community Association Banc. She joined Community Association Banc in January 2005. Prior to joining Community Association Banc, Cyndi served as Director of Membership for California Association of Community Managers, Inc. (CACM), where her duties included scheduling and overseeing education and certification programs, membership relationship services, instructor and liaison to the Professional Standards Committee.  Cyndi has been involved in the CID industry since 1981.  She has been a portfolio and on-site manager.  In addition, she was the general manager for an Irvine based medium size management firm. 

Cyndi is involved with CAI and CACM.  In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for the Coachella Valley & San Diego Chapter she serves at the Chairperson of the Programs & Expo Committee, Coachella Valley Chapter; Magazine Chairperson, San Diego Chapter; Education Chairperson, Orange County Chapter; and Expo Chairperson, Inland Empire Chapter.  She also serves on the Education & Ambassador Committee for CACM.  Cyndi has been the recipient of awards from the San Diego Chapter in 2006 & 2007, Inland Empire Chapter 2006 and Coachella Valley Chapter 2007.  Cyndi has earned her CCAM, CMCA, AMC, PCAM designations. 

Dave Abrams has been the on-site General Manager for the 1240-acre Fairbanks Ranch Association in Rancho Santa Fe since 1996, overseeing a staff of 33 employees. With an educational and work background as a City Planner, Dave represented the Association for several years as their “Planner” prior to becoming General Manager. Dave’s interests include tennis, movies, theatre, walking and collecting Pez candy dispensers. He lives in La Jolla with wife, Joyce, and their dog Elwood. They have a son, Matt, a graduate of UC Santa Barbara.

Ric Crisp is the Business Developer for Landscape Development, Inc.  He has been in the landscape maintenance industry since 1976 and an active member in the San Diego chapter of CAI for eleven years.  Ric has been part the golf committee for the past five years and co-chaired the golf committee in 2006 and 2007.  Four out of the past five years he has served on the Monte Carlo committee.  He is active in his community while serving on the La Mesa Church of Christ Board of trustees.  Being a wine enthusiast is one of Ric’s passions, second only to watching a good baseball game.