Ms. Coombs is responsible for property operations in the Southern California and Pacific Northwest regions These two regions include approximately 8,500 apartment homes in Seattle, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego Counties.
Prior to joining AvalonBay in July 2003, Ms. Coombs was Area Vice President for the Southern California region of Equity Residential Property Management. She had day-to-day operational responsibility for 15,000 multi-family units, including over 50 communities and more than 400 employees.
Ms. Coomb�s multi-family experience began in 1984 in the Washington, D.C. area and transferred to the Northern California region as Divisional Manager for Trammell Crow Residential. Her diverse career included concept development, collateral design, exterior-interior amenity selection, marketing, budget projections and liaison between owners/developers and construction to provide quality control of new apartment communities.
From 1989 to 1994, Ms. Coombs was the Regional Director of Operations for Lexford Properties in Dallas, Texas. She managed a portfolio of 5,000 multi-family units in Washington and Oregon.
Ms. Coombs received her BA Degree in Education with Distinction from Purdue University. She was the 2005 President of the South Coast Apartment Association, a chapter of the California Apartment Association representing landlords throughout Orange and southern Los Angeles Counties. Ms. Coombs is a Certified Property Manager (CPM), and holds a Washington Real Estate Broker License and Oregon Property Management License. |