SUDLER - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President
- Certified Manager of Community Associations
Carrie Campion joined Sudler in 2008, and is well experienced in overseeing capital plans, implementing energy-saving initiatives, providing financial guidance for large projects, and successfully negotiating contracts on behalf of her clients. She combines a positive-energy focus to problem-solving with a relentless commitment to delivering favorable outcomes. Carrie prides herself on taking an individualized approach with each property, and she builds close, collaborative relationships with her clients and her staff.
Carrie is a Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA) as recognized by the Community Associations Institute (CAI). She is also licensed as a Community Association Manager (CAM). Her bachelor's degree was earned from Southern Illinois University.
When Carrie is not working, she enjoys her other life as mother to her young son, Jacque and twin girls. Sudler has provided a supportive company culture and the opportunity to create a positive work life balance for her.
Job Titles:
- Certified Manager of Community Association
Dani McDonald joined the Sudler team in 2017. Collectively, she has 13 years of experience in luxury high rise property management, working in many different positions, overseeing large capital projects, implementing cost saving solutions and streamlining efficient operations. This experience is enhanced with her 7 years of luxury retail management. Dani has a strong commitment to customer service, organization, and building strong client relationships. Dani has a passion for team building and mentorship having hired, lead and developed 500 plus staff over her career.
Dani is a Certified Manager of Community Association (CMCA) as recognized by the Community Associations Institute and holds the State of Illinois Community Association Manager (CAM) license. She earned her B.A. Degree in Arts, Entertainment and Media Management from Columbia College of Chicago.
In her free time Dani enjoys spending her time tending to her garden, attending sports events, creating recipes and making delicious meals for her husband, friends and family. She is dedicated to spoiling her two rescue dogs Kenobi and Kylo (yes she is also a Star Wars fan).
Job Titles:
- President and Chief Executive Officer / Dean Andrews Is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sudler Property Management. He Joined the Firm in 2016
Dean has extensive executive level experience in both the private and public sectors. Early on, he developed sales and marketing programs for a Fortune 100 company. Later, he pursued his entrpreneurial interests and built a business providing services to luxury hotels in Chicago. He has also held senior leadership positions in government where he was responsible for the daily operations of several thousand personnel, managing a billion dollar budget, developing performance accountability systems for both operational and administrative functions, and creating risk-mitigation protocols.
Dean also served as Board President of his high-rise condominium association. In this role, he gained hands-on property-management experience from a client perspective, developing long-term strategic plans to update building design, mechanical systems, and public areas.
In just three years' time, Dean earned both a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration (BBA) and a second Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Southern Methodist University in Dallas. He has also completed the coursework for a Master's Degree in Public Policy (MPA) from Northwestern University achieving a perfect grade-point average.
Dean believes understanding how people live, and experiencing different cultures are key to a life well lived. To this end, he has traveled extensively throughout Europe and North America. His latest interest is adventure travel in South America.
Dean Andrews is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Sudler Property Management. He joined the firm in 2016.
Isela has been with Sudler for more than a decade, and worked in property management for five years prior to that. She credits her early career in library administration for giving her the skills to work with a wide range of people and communities, and to manage large amounts of information. These same skills are applied at work on a daily basis.
Among her many notable accomplishments, Isela and her team secured a rooftop satellite contract that generated $240,000 in incremental revenue over the four-year term of the deal, and added an additional $125,000 in building improvements at no cost. She also helped an association determine an optimal replacement chiller system that not only resulted in reduced maintenance costs, but also resulted in a secure back-up system in the event of compressor failure. She finds a special satisfaction in assisting residents in emergencies and times of need.
Isela has earned the Certified Manager of Community Association (CMCA) designation.
A physical-fitness enthusiast, Isela has begun training for a marathon or triathlon. She also longs to travel internationally in search of white-sand beaches, but is content for now walking Chicago's lakefront in the company of her Maltese-Poodle.
Jim started his career as a Sudler associate in 2001 and has extensive experience in condominium management, hotel operations and managing capital projects. With a professional background in property management and hospitality, he focuses on building relationships with clients and excels at analyzing budgets, financial statements and property operations in an effort to identify and implement building improvements.
Raised in Michigan, Jim has a Bachelor's Degree in Public Management from Michigan State University, a Master's Degree in Real Estate from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and a Master's Degree in Real Estate Investment and Finance from Bayes Business School in London.
Professional designations include; Certified Property Manager (CPM), Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA), Association Management Specialist (AMS), Licensed Community Association Manager (CAM) in the State of Illinois, and a Real Estate Broker license in the State of Illinois.
Jim enjoys cooking, reading murder mysteries, exercising at the gym, playing basketball, and tennis. He is also a lifelong devoted MSU Spartan basketball and football fan.
Job Titles:
- President, Sudler Building Services
Joe Armenio joined Sudler in 1998 and has extensive experience as a High-Rise Condominium Property Supervisor, Board President and Treasurer. In 2008, while continuing his property-management responsibilities, Joe was chosen to lead Sudler Building Services, a value-add division where he supervises, manages and facilitates Sudler's vast network of vendor contracts.
Sudler Building Services focuses on vetting vendors in order to obtain the best possible value and highest quality service across Sudler's entire portfolio of clients. Joe takes great pride in the work his team does to save associations money without sacrificing, and often even increasing, service-delivery. On a single elevator-modernization project, Joe was able to save over $800,000; in another effort, he helped re-engineer a chiller system to deliver dramatic savings, improve capacity, and optimize temperature range. He has also worked tirelessly to direct and assist in managing projects ranging from garage floor construction to chiller replacements and lighting retrofits, among many other endeavors to help clients realize substantial savings in every aspect of the respective projects.
Joe has earned the professional designation of Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA), and he holds an Illinois Community Association Manager license (CAM). Joe earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree (Magna-Cum-Laude) from the University of Hartford (Connecticut), and a Master's Degree (with Distinction Honors ) in Organizational Development and Human Services from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.
Ken joined Sudler after an extensive and successful career in the capital markets. He held executive roles with several large financial firms managing their fixed-income assets as well as providing their institutional clients with insightful and profitable investment strategies. Subsequntly, Ken has managed his own portfolio and trained aspiring financial professionals.
Kurt Eberhart has been a successful property-management professional since 2005. Before joining Sudler in 2015, he managed several high-rise condominium buildings in the Chicago area.
His solid understanding of finances, and his administrative expertise make Kurt a trusted partner to the boards and associations of the properties he manages for Sudler. He is always on the lookout for new ways to benefit associations by aggressively negotiating contracts, implementing energy-hedging strategies, and uncovering new sources of revenue. Kurt fosters an open-minded, empathetic, and results-driven relationship with clients. He is dedicated to exceeding expectations.
While he grew up in Peru, Kurt's family hails from Austria and the Netherlands. As a result, he is fluent in both Spanish and German. Kurt received his Bachelor of Science in International Hospitality Management from the Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne in Switzerland. He earned his MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA) and Association Management Specialist (AMS), and holds the State of Illinois Community Association Manager (CAM) license.
Kurt enjoys reading historical nonfiction books, listening to podcasts during his commute, working out at the gym, and spending quality time with his wife, three children, and dog. He is an avid soccer fan having played the sport in college.
Marsha has been in the property-management and real- estate industry since 1982 and has been with Sudler since 1994. As Sudler's Chief Financial Officer, she is responsible for all areas of client financial reporting. She has held positions as Sr. Accoutant, Controller and Financial Analyst and also served as Property Manager for condominium assoiciations, commercial buldings and rental properties. As a consequence, few people can match her expertise across these disiplines. And as to accuracy, it's no exaggeration to say that Marsha knows where every penny comes from, and where it goes.
Known for getting the job done no matter what it takes, Marsha's accomplishments include seamless conversions of manual accounting systems to computerized software, streamlining collections, and continual upgrading of accounts receivable and payable procedures. Her ability to simutaneously maintain a detailed grasp of financial-reporting statistics for every Sudler client is uncanny. "Stump Marsha," is a game no one has ever won.
In a mark of a well-balanced person, Marsha achieves complete relaxation every year by way of a Caribbean vacation with a large contingent of her children and grandchildren. For the last few years, the destination has consistently been Jamaica, the home of "No worries, be happy."
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President
- Certified Manager of Community Associations
Michael Mathews joined the Sudler team in 2011. With dedication and discipline, he worked his way up from an Assistant Property Manager to Senior Vice President. Before joining Sudler, he worked in the facilities-management and construction industries where attention to detail and precise organization skills are learned and valued. Michael is an efficient professional who oversees every aspect of each property in his portfolio with keen attention, and he focuses on each client's best interests. He is known for this dedication and for his ability to achieve agreed-upon goals.
Michael is a Certified Manager of Community Associations (CMCA), holds the State of Illinois Community Association Manager License (CAM). He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Saint Xavier University.
Away from the office, Michael enjoys spending quality time with his family. As the father of Isabelle, Isaia, Ileana and Oswald, an 85-pound Doberman, it's fair to say he's pulled in many directions, but happily so. He is also an avid Chicago-sports fan: Bulls, Bears, Blackhawks and White Sox. (Yes, one baseball team is missing from his list.)
Bob is an Executive Vice Presisdent, a Senior Account Supervisor and is involved in a variety of industry associations.
Bob has been a key part of Sudler Property Management for over 40 years. Originally hired as a property manager for a Gold Coast condo association, over the years his portfolio grew to include properties ranging in size from 12 to 640 units. From window replacement, to mechanical and plumbing retro-fits, epoxy pipe-lining, balcony and roof projects Bob has seen, and helped associations successfully manage it all.
Bob is actively engaged in a wide variety of industry associations including the Apartment Building Owners and Managers Association (ABOMA), Community Association Institute (CAI), and the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). This involvement helps him keep his "ear to the ground" for industry best practices. Association boards benefit with strategic insights to improve management, and drive cost savings. Since 1997 Bob has served on the ABOMA union contract-negotiating committee for both the doorman and janitor unions. He is also a Trustee on the SEIU Local #1 Health, Welfare & Pension Fund (for residential janitors and door staff).
In 2010, Governor Quinn appointed Bob to the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Board, where he became the chairman and longest serving member prior to stepping down from the position.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Sudler Property Management
- Member of the Firm
Steven Levy is Chairman of Sudler Property Management. With almost 30 years in the industry. Steven Levy's name is legendary in the property management industry in Chicago. Steven joined the firm in 1996 as an Account Supervisor and quickly rose through the ranks as a Group Vice President, Executive Vice President and in 2002, became an equity partner and the company's President. As Sudler's President (2002-2023), the company doubled in size organically, and the company became known as Chicago's "luxury brand.". From the beginning, Steven pledged to work with only high caliber associates and build a very strong senior management team, and he accomplished that goal. From the very beginning, Steven instituted serveral protocols that are considered "best practices" in the industry.
Steven is an integral member of the firm's Senior Management team. His continuity with Sudler strengthens his ability to provide impactful guidance to the firm.
Steven has earned the Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) designation and is a Certified Manager of Community Association (CMCA). He is recognized as an Association Management Specialist (AMS), having been qualified by the National Board of Certication for Community Association Manager and holds the Illinois Community Association Manager (CAM) License. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree from Boston University and an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston. Steven is also a former Director of the Chicago Police Foundation, providing support to families of fallen Chicago Police Officers in the line of duty.
Steven lives by the words of US Navy Admiral, William H. McRaven: "The little things in life matter. If you can't do the little things right, you will never do the big things right." He refers to Sudler's associates as "Hardworking people that always worry that they're not doing enough."