Team Yardi

Mark Livanec honored with 2025 NAHMA Inspiration Award

Yardi Industry Principal Mark Livanec was honored with the 2025 NAHMA Inspiration Award at the Inspire Gala in Washington, D.C.

10 / 24 / 25

News

Employee spotlight: Ashley Romano, from client to team lead

Meet Ashley Romano, a senior team lead for client services. She and her team help senior living providers switch from paper to secure digital leases.

10 / 14 / 25

Senior living

Employee spotlight: Paul Stassforth

Meet Paul Stassforth, a senior account executive on the Yardi senior living sales team. For over 14 years, he’s witnessed the team's growth while maintaining a close-knit culture.

05 / 19 / 25

Senior living

Employee spotlight: Jesse McClintock

Jesse McClintock is a senior team leader for the Yardi consulting practices group. He manages the training program for Senior Living Suite clients. The Yardi motto drew him to join the company in 2015, and he continues to thrive on discovering opportunities for continuous improvement, innovation and making positive changes. A decade of dedication “I’m […]

04 / 14 / 25

The Gershen Group

Princeton, N.J.-based property management firm The Gershen Group LLC opened in 1959 as a small family based firm. It concentrated on planning and consulting before branching out to housing management in 1972. Its principal focus today is affordable and senior housing, although the company’s commercial holdings have consistently increased over the years. Long after The […]

09 / 22 / 16

Roscoe Properties

The semi-annual Yardi Advanced Solutions Conferences (YASC) take place on the West and East Coasts, providing clients with the opportunity to attend an event close to home. Each conference offers specialized courses on product features, networking opportunities, and one-on-one consultations with Yardi representatives. At YASC in Washington, D.C., Yardi sat down with Mariana Estrada, VP of […]

09 / 20 / 16

Walk with Heart

You see the little Heart-Check mark anywhere there is food these days: a box of Cheerios in your pantry, a can of Campbell’s soup in the store, a Subway sandwich wrapper at the park. Today, 92 percent of consumers recognize the efforts of the American Heart Association brand. But that wasn’t always the case. Heart […]

09 / 08 / 16

VÖLKEL COMPANY

For more than a decade, Dirk Völkel has channeled his passion for retail asset investment into his company, VÖLKEL COMPANY Group, which provides real estate management services in Germany. Founded in 2004, the company today operates 170 properties valued at 1.3 billion euros and handles a high volume of transactions from offices across Germany. “Our […]

09 / 02 / 16

Investing in Humanity

Curious about sustainable investments? You’re not alone. Sustainable investments result in better operational performance, improved stock prices, and proven psychological benefits. So why aren’t more advisors talking about it? JP Morgan defines sustainable investments as “investment approaches that enable investors to integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into their investment strategies and create positive […]

09 / 01 / 16

Investment management

UCSB Arts & Lectures

Roman Baratiak got his start as a work study student at UCSB. He instantly fell in love and has been changing lives ever since. “I soon discovered what happened when the lights went down and the curtain opened and incredibly talented artists and performers took the stage,” says Baratiak. “They brought us to other worlds, […]

08 / 23 / 16

Boone Atkins

Currently serving as Yardi Vice President of PHA and Affordable Housing Sales, Boone Atkins also spent decades as a Yardi user. With more than 22 years of experience in the real estate industry, Yardi gained a valuable asset when Boone shifted from a client into a leadership position in December 2014. “I met Anant Yardi […]

08 / 22 / 16

Affordable housing

Fairview Gardens

Over a hundred years ago, a farmer stuck his shovel in the dirt on a small plot of land in Goleta, California. The site has never been the same. The site is now The Center for Urban Agriculture at Fairview Gardens, a non-profit educational facility and working organic farm. The organization aims to nurture the […]

08 / 11 / 16

Paperless Progress

With thirty years of experience in nursing and senior care, Rhonda Knisley understands the power of ditching paper records for digital data.

08 / 09 / 16

Senior living

Smarter Acquisitions

Shrewd apartment owners understand that the greater financial value in an apartment transaction can be had during the acquisition—not the exit. Industry veteran Ian Mattingly, President of LumaCorp in Dallas, speaks from experience. He is part of a management team that carries more than 90 years of investor experience when it comes to applying due […]

08 / 04 / 16

Uplifting Cleveland Kids

Ron Soeder did not know that he would fall in love with the nonprofit sector. He spent decades in for-profit businesses, beginning as a staff accountant before ending that leg of his journey as an Executive Vice President. Yet after a detour with his startup, he found himself on a new path. “My path to […]

08 / 03 / 16

We [Heart] New York

In 2004, Yardi opened its doors in Glen Head, Oyster Bay, New York as part of the BJ Murray acquisition. The team of 16 employees set out to define a course for the fledgling office. “We faced the challenge of merging functionality, converting client platforms and creating a shared culture,” recalls Richard Malpica, Vice President […]

08 / 01 / 16

Call of Duty

“Hunt Companies is always giving back,” says Crisha Kamphorst, a business solutions manager for Hunt Companies Inc., referring to her employer’s devotion to employees, residents and communities. Hunt Companies is a Yardi® client that manages more than 32,000 housing units across the U.S. as one of the military’s privatized housing partners. That dedication is rooted […]

07 / 18 / 16

nurse checks senior woman's glucose levels

William Sansum Diabetes Center

Yardi is a proud supporter of William Sansum Diabetes Center, an organization that is dedicated to the prevention, treatment and cure of diabetes through research, education and care. As a follow-up to our leading article, we caught up with Wendy Bevier, PhD, for the latest developments at the organization. Dr. Bevier began working with the […]

07 / 07 / 16

Jay Shobe

Jay Shobe, Vice President, Technology at Yardi, has spent his entire life around technology. He grew up using an early incarnation of a PC that ran on a Burroughs operating system, connected to ARPANET (pre-internet) via an acoustic coupler (pre-modem). “So yeah, I go back a ways,” he says casually. Tech is in his blood. […]

07 / 05 / 16