Leonard F. Gorsuch, President
Ronald P. Burson, Vice President and Treasurer
Dale Roberts, Controller
Ruth Stetz, Regional Director
Angelika M. George, Regional Director
Rebecca S. Collins, Regional Director
Karen Asbury, Regional Director
James Hurley, Regional Director

 
Leonard F. Gorsuch, President
lgorsuch@gorsuchhomes.com 

During the past several years Mr. Gorsuch serves in the capacity of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fairfield Homes, Inc., New England Wendico, Inc., Gorsuch Realty Co., and Vice President of Akwen, Ltd. and LPS Enterprises of New York.

Mr. Gorsuch has expanded all phases of the organization since his tenure began. His first involvement came with the multi-family portion of Fairfield Homes, developing and building over 50 projects. He has expanded Gorsuch Management to where they currently manage over 4500 apartments.

Mr. Gorsuch graduated from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He is a graduate of the Real Estate Institute, Ohio University, and is a licensed Real Estate Broker. Mr. Gorsuch was also a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Army with a tour in Vietnam.

He is currently serving as a member of:

Fairfield National Bank - Board of Directors
Lancaster Festival – Board of Directors
Symposiarchs 
Lancaster Country Club
Builders Industry Association
Fairfield County Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Home Builders
Lancaster Association of Home Builders
Columbus Apartment Association

He has also in the past served as:

Chairman, Building Committee - Lancaster Country Club
Chairman, Board of Zoning Appeals
Board of Directors - Lighthouse
President - Lighthouse
President - Symposiarchs
Trustee - Ohio Apartment Association
Member, Board of Governors - Lancaster Country Club
President - Columbus Apartment Association
President - Lancaster Country Club
President - Lancaster Chamber of Commerce, 1982
President - Lancaster Home Builders Association, 1974-1975
President - Lancaster Board of Realtors 1975-1976
Member, Real Estate Securities and Syndication Institute (RESSI)
Director, Lancaster Board of Realtors, 1975, 1976 and 1977
Trustee, Ohio Association of Realtors
National Multi-family Council
Lancaster Rotary 
Family Y Capital Campaign - Chairman
YMCA - Board of Directors 
Chairman - United Way of Fairfield County 

Ronald P. Burson, Vice President & Treasurer

Ron Burson is currently Vice President and Treasurer of Gorsuch Companies, including Fairfield Homes, Inc., a Lancaster development and construction company as well as Vice President of Gorsuch Management, the firm’s property management division. Gorsuch Management currently manages 85 affordable housing HUD Section 8, LIHTC, and Rural Development as well as conventional properties consisting of 3500 apartments.

Ron has been involved with the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program since its inception in 1986 as Gorsuch Companies has developed, constructed and currently manages approximately 25 low income housing tax credit properties. Ron has provided assistance as requested to the development staff during the tax credit project development phase and is involved on an ongoing basis with management and compliance through his position as Vice President of the Property Management division. Ron has also been involved as a past member of the Ohio Housing Finance Agency’s Compliance Advisory Committee from 2002 through 2005. Ron was appointed by Governor Taft in 2006 to serve as a member of the Ohio Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee.

Ron holds a Certified Public Accountant certifications in the State of Ohio as well as a Certified Property Manager certification from the Institute of Real Estate Management in 1992. Ron became a Certified Public Accountant in 1975 during his employment as an audit supervisor with Coopers and Lybrand and was responsible for the supervision of numerous audit engagements, primarily in the real estate industry. Ron joined Fairfield Homes, Inc. in 1979 as Treasurer.

Ron is currently serving as Board Member and Past President (1996-1998) of the Midwest Affordable Housing Management Association (MAHMA), a six-state affordable housing organization serving affordable housing owners, managers, developers, lenders, and vendors who provide services and products to the industry. Ron is currently a member of the National Affordable Housing Management Association’s (NAHMA) Executive Council and earned NAHMA’s National Affordable Housing Professional Executive designation in 1998. NAHMA is the national organization, which MAHMA is affiliated with in the affordable housing industry. Ron is currently a Board member and 1996 Past President of the Columbus Apartment Association and is a past Treasurer and Board member of the Ohio Apartment Association. He serves also as Board Member and Past-Treasurer of the Council of Rural Housing Developers of Ohio (CRHDO). Ron currently is a member of and the 2000 Past-President for the Columbus Chapter Number 42 of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). Ron was awarded the IREM Columbus Chapter’s “CPM of the Year” designation in November 1995 and previously was awarded that Chapter’s “CPM Candidate of the Year” designation in 1990. In 2006, Ron was appointed to IREM’s National Federal Housing Advisory Board which meets with HUD, Rural Housing Services and the Treasury Department twice a year to discuss regulatory issues applicable to these government assisted property types. Ron is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA). Ron is a licensed Realtor and has earned the Housing Credit Certified Professional (HCCP) certification in 2003 which is awarded for educational achievement in the low income housing tax credit program. Ron earned the Specialist in Housing Credit Management (SHCM) Certification in 2005 as awarded by NAHMA.

Ron is a 1973 graduate of Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration majoring in Accounting. Ron resides in Gahanna, Ohio with his wife, Nancy, and sons, Matthew and Andrew. Ron is active with his sons’ school, soccer, basketball and wrestling activities. Ron currently serves as an adult Boy Scout Leader for Troop 898 of Gahanna, and is an active member of Stoneybrook Methodist Church.

Dale Roberts, Controller

Dale joined Fairfield Homes in April 1987. His responsibilities include the supervision of payroll and oversight of the day-today accounting for all partnerships. He is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the corporate computer system. Dale also handles the coordination of the year-end audits and prepares and analyzes monthly financial statements to owners and government agencies.

Prior to joining the Company, Dale was associated with Deerwood Management Company of Columbus, Ohio, as Controller. Previous to that position, he was Assistant Controller with Wallick Properties.

Dale is a graduate of Franklin University with a Bachelors Degree in Accounting.

Ruth Stetz, Regional Director

Ruth joined Gorsuch Management in December, 1994 as Regional Property Manager. She is directly responsible for overall supervision, including the management and maintenance, of numerous properties located in Central and Southern Ohio. Her duties encompass supervision and training of on-site staff, advertising, community and resident relations, and budget preparation, purchasing, capital improvement for each property. Prior to joining Gorsuch Management, Ruth was employed by Hudson Properties in Hudson, Ohio where she was Vice President of Management and was responsible for the management of 15 properties consisting of 731 housing units.

Ruth was President in 1996-1997 and is currently a Board Member for the Council for Rural Housing and Development of Ohio and served as Secretary for the Council for four years. She also served as Chairperson for the Education Committee for Council for Rural Housing and Development of Ohio for numerous years.

Ruth is a Certified Occupancy Specialist through the National Center for Housing Management and was a Spectrum Training Award Recipient in Housing Management.

Angelika M. George, Regional Director

Angie George has been a Regional Director with Gorsuch Management since December of 1994. Prior to joining Gorsuch, she was a licensed realtor with Sluss Realty, in Mansfield, Ohio. There she was a member of the "President's Club". Her previous position in the apartment management industry was as Vice-President of Provident Management, Inc. of Mansfield, Ohio. She was responsible for the entire portfolio, assessing the physical needs of the apartment communities, staffing, budgeting, preventative maintenance. etc.

As a Regional Director with Gorsuch Management, her portfolio consists of (LIHTC) tax credit housing, HUD subsidized apartment communities, Rural Development apartment communities and market rentals. Her responsibilities are for the overall management and maintenance of these communities, including training of personnel, budget preparation, capital improvements, community and resident relations.

Angie is a graduate of North Central State College with an Associate Degree in Business Administration, a licensed Realtor, and was the first woman to become a Certified Apartment Property Supervisor in northeastern United States, through the National Apartment Association. She was designated "Boss of the Year" by the Millstream Chapter of the American Business Women's Association in Findlay, Ohio. Angie also helped to found and served as the first president of the "Friends of Seltzer Park", a non-profit entity which eventually was responsible for building a community playground at Seltzer Park in Shelby, Ohio. In 1999, the Shelby Civitan Club was founded, which is a world wide organization concerned with improving the lives of children and adults with developmental disabilities. Angie was the first president of the club; she is a board member and presently serves as the treasurer for the club.

Rebecca S. Collins, Regional Director

Rebecca joined Gorsuch Management in July 2000 as a Regional Director. As a Regional Director, Rebecca is responsible for the overall management and maintenance of multiple apartment communities. Her duties include supervision and training of on-site staff, community and resident relations, budget preparation, assessment of the physical needs of the properties, purchasing, and marketing. Previously, she was employed by Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing in Columbus, Ohio as an Asset Manager. She was responsible for the monitoring of approximately 40 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit properties throughout the state of Ohio, totaling over 2,000 units. Her areas of responsibility included monitoring the physical needs, financial integrity, and on-going compliance of her designated portfolio. She also prepared and presented company-sponsored trainings, with an emphasis on marketing.

Prior to her employment at Ohio Capital Corporation, Rebecca was the supervisor for the Applications and Continued Occupancy Department(s) at the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority. Rebecca also served as the Deputy Director for the Logan County Metropolitan Housing Authority in Bellefontaine, Ohio prior to relocating to Columbus. She served as manager of the Public Housing Program, as well as administered the Section 8 Existing Program. During her tenure, she was directly involved in the pre-construction, construction, and administration of 100 units of single family, scattered-site public housing units throughout Logan County.

Rebecca is a licensed Realtor, a Certified Assisted Housing Manger through Quadel, a Certified Occupancy Specialist through the National Center for Housing Management, a Certified Tax Credit Professional through Spectrum, and a Certified Public Housing Manager through the National Center for Housing Management.

Karen Asbury, Regional Director

Karen joined Gorsuch as Regional Director in February 2005. Karen previously worked at the Ohio Department of Development/Ohio Housing Finance Agency and acquired an extensive background in HOME, Tax Credit, Multifamily Bond, RTC and Section 8 Compliance, with over 3 years experience in Property Management at Tax Credit and conventional properties.

Karen has almost 8 years experience as a housing auditor for OHFA and has dedicated the last 3 years to developing the HOME compliance department. She was responsible for many aspects of the HOME compliance process which included the development of the monitoring strategy and formal training as well as supervising in-house staff on the compliance monitoring guidelines. She was responsible for writing OHFA's HOME Compliance Manual and performed many training seminars for Ruth Theobold, Novagradec, MAHMA, and ODOD/OHFA.

Karen is a licensed Real Estate Agent and has certifications as a Certified Assisted Housing Manager from Quadel, as well as the Low Income Housing Tax Credit C3P Certification and HCCP Certification through Spectrum.

James Hurley, Regional Director

Jim joined Gorsuch as Regional Director in March 2005. Jim was most recently with RLJ Management as a Property Manager with a great deal of experience with all types of affordable housing programs including HUD, Rural Development, and tax credit. Previous to his experience with RLJ, Jim was a Property Manager both with Wallick Properties as well as Oakwood Management. His portfolio with Wallick also included affordable housing properties. Jim gained a great deal of conventional property management experience with Oakwood Management.

Jim will also serve as the Gorsuch Section 504 Compliance Officer and will also administer the updates to the Gorsuch Policy Handbooks and other assigned administrator duties. Jim is a licensed real estate agent and a graduate of Miami University. He has also earned the tax credit designation HCCP and is also a Certified Occupancy Specialist. Jim also is a CPM candidate through the Institute of Real Estate Management.

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