Teresa is responsible for the overall operations of the Arkansas Properties for Canyon View Properties (CVP). With over 20+ years of solid property management experience, Teresa joined CVP in 2008 upon our acquisition of The Crossings (Hot Springs, AR), as Property Manager, where she consistently performed in the top percentile. She obtained her degree in Business Administration from Louisiana Tech University and began her career in the multifamily industry in Houston, TX in 1984. During her tenure, Teresa has managed properties and portfolios across Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Awarded “Manager of the Year” by the Arkansas Apartment Association (AAA) in 2003, she served as an Executive officer with AAA from 2004-2006, and as Chairperson on the Board of Directors for the Managers Council.

With an “ownership” mentality and a passion for maintaining the highest standards in our industry, she initiated the contract with Grace Hill Essential Multifamily Education Online Studies in 2013—which now empowers all CVP employees. Teresa is a natural fit for the Regional Management position and works directly with her property teams to reach CVP’s ever-changing goals with a focus on cost containment which results in higher returns for our investors. Her enthusiasm for our industry and CVP is seen in her positive attitude and consistent results.

Kathy is responsible for 16 property teams in the states of Missouri / Kansas.  She has three direct reports (Brandon Robinson and Elizabeth Sweeney) who support the daily activity of those teams. Kathy joined CVP in 2012 with over 15 years’ experience in the Hotel/Motel Management field.  After owning and operating her own business for over 8 years in this industry, she transitioned into multifamily housing in 2007.  Her experience working in all positions has given Kathy a broad vision in the multifamily industry. She has expertise in leasing, sales, management, accounting, and operations. Additionally, she brings experience in low-income housing, tax credit compliance, Fair Housing compliance, and real estate development to CVP.  She has been invaluable in leading, developing, and maintaining updated policies and procedures for all CVP operations.  Kathy’s ability to supervise her team of over 60 motivated individuals and develop a truly fun environment for everyone has been a real asset to all of CVP, and it shows in her team’s results!

Elizabeth came to Canyon View Properties (CVP) with a 20-year history in hotel and property management. With her family-owned hotel business, she developed the “owner’s mindset” early on and brought this vital quality into her career at CVP. She has a background in marketing and sales through the travel industry putting herself through Missouri State University. With her Bachelor of Science degree in Business and Marketing, she started in Multifamily and never looked back.

Elizabeth brought 5+ years of direct experience from a Springfield, MO property management company into CVP when she took over our Old Stone Apartment complex. Her success at Old Stone was quickly recognized and she was asked to help expand and lead our CVP team in Kansas City, MO. We brought her back to Springfield in 2015 to manage our largest property, Golden Pond, where she thrived not only with her uniquely powerful results-oriented management style but also with her “family-owned” mindset.

Honored as the “Manager of the Year” by the Springfield Apartment and Housing Association we were excited to help expand Elizabeth’s knowledge and experience throughout the company. In 2017, Elizabeth continued to flourish in her new promotion to Assistant Regional Manager under our Regional Manager, Kathy Johnson. Additionally, she is heading up the “Phase 5” 180-unit addition to the Golden Pond Property while leading and motivating 5 property management teams in the Springfield, MO area.

Elizabeth specializes in training, human resources, recruitment, critical problem solving, and crisis management. Her passions include employee motivation, employee growth, and team building. Elizabeth has proven strengths in sales, customer service, and resident retention. She is a true asset to CVP and CVC.

Together, Elizabeth and Kathy create a fun ‘family” atmosphere with their staff where enjoying coming to work each day and bringing the most valuable strengths out of each employee is the normal operating procedure in Springfield! This is a dynamite combination that benefits our investors tremendously through results and the owner’s mindset throughout their region.

Brandon joined our team, Canyon View Properties in April 2016. Prior to coming to work for Canyon View, Brandon worked for a large management company in Kansas City, Mo for 4 years and worked his way up from a Leasing Professional to Management in a very short time.

When he arrived at Canyon View properties, he was a property manager for 2 years then moved on to become a Multisite Manager when growth began in the Kansas City Region. Brandon has experience in conventional properties, marketing rural and urban areas in and around the Kanas city region. He has experience in new acquisitions and implementing training with new and existing employees on Canyon View policy and procedures. Brandon also participates in the Apartment Association of Kansas City attending training seminars, outreach programs and certification classes to better his property management skills.

Brandon was promoted to Regional Manager for the KC Region in 2021.

Sara has a quiet but intelligent and go-getter demeanor, ready to do critical thinking and tackle any task. Beginning her career in leasing, then assistant manager, then progressed onto managing a variety of communities including Lease-Up, Conventional, 55+ Tax Credit and HOME, Student Housing, and Commerical. She is the true example of starting from the bottom and working her way up with dedication, motivation, and leadership productivity and results. Most recently, Sara has been promoted and running the Regional Manager position with Canyon View for the past two years and counting, with 21+ properties under her leadership across Arkansas and Oklahoma.  

As a long-term asset to Canyon View, Sara is always stepping in to help, modernizing and simplifying the workflow, as well as stay interactive, coach, mentor, lead and train new and existing employees, while continuing her string of achievements, awarded as manager of the year in 2018, property of the year 2019 and most recently- regional of the year in 2022. She also takes great pride in donating and volunteering when and where she can, always for the better good. She is all things P- Purpose, Positivity and Productivity.

Melissa joined the CVP team in January of 2017 as Property Manager of the Crossing at Thornton Ferry in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Melissa brought a positive vibe and an owner’s mentality along with her. Melissa excelled and was promoted to a Multi-Property Manager taking on University Park and Glenwood townhomes in Conway in 2018. After 3 years in Conway, she received another promotion to a larger property, Palisades at Chenal Valley in Little Rock. Melissa has shown strong leadership and maintained an average occupancy rate of 95% or above at each property she has managed.

Melissa consistently used her expertise to accomplish the many tasks she faced, including traveling to multiple properties to help throughout the Arkansas Region. In 2019 Melissa earned the honor of “Employee of the Quarter” for her dedication and Excellence with CVP. She displays motivation, dedication, and teamwork with her friendly demeanor. Melissa carries a smile with her that makes residents and prospects feel welcomed! Many team members, prospects, and residents have stated that they felt that she is a leader that cares.

Melissa displays dedication to her team and CVP by making teamwork a priority to ensure that CVP and team members are successful! Her favorite saying is Together Everyone Achieves More.

Bill joined Canyon View Properties in February of 2022. Transplanting from the hotel management industry, Bill brings 12 years of operational management experience. He worked for many years at the hotel property level, specializing in opening new properties, setting up operational processes, culture, and training staff. Bill also spent time working as a corporate operations analyst at a hotel management company, during which its portfolio grew from 60 properties to 150+ with 14,000 + employees. He worked directly with the COO and played a part in working on company reputation management, transitions in and out of property contracts, due diligence processes, operational task force projects, and more. Bill spent the last four years of his hotel career opening and overseeing two franchise hotels in the New England area.

Here at Canyon View Properties, Bill will be spearheading due diligence efforts and property onboarding. He will be helping in training new/existing employees, assist HR with implementing initiatives, support the properties to work on various operational opportunities, act as a bridge between the corporate office and operations, and assist with opening future regions as the company continues to grow. He will report directly to the President – Gary Rauscher.

In his free time, Bill and his wife Alexandra enjoy traveling, cooking/eating, and playing golf & tennis.

Kari joined Canyon View in January of 2022 with 15 years of experience in the multi-family industry, bringing with her firsthand experience in roles and responsibilities across the spectrum of multi-family.  Beginning her tenor in leasing, Kari progressed onto managing a variety of communities including Lease-Up, Conventional, 55+, Student Housing, Tax Credit, and Multi-Use Development. Most recently, Kari spent the past eight years focused on marketing where she was ultimately promoted to Marketing Director.  Her time in marketing provided her valuable exposure to critical functions like software migrations, investor relations, and corporate operations.

Kari is a think tank creative, who loves the thought process and satisfaction of being productive; a right and left-brain thinker, a learner, sharer of goals; leading with integrity, compassion, and drive, who celebrates the wins and figures out the fails, all while providing free laughs along the way.

At CVP, Kari will oversee marketing for CVP properties, work with on-site teams, perform marketing research, and develop and execute the overall marketing strategy for the company and portfolio.

McCayla has been with the company since 2013.  McCayla’s experience prior to Canyon View, was working with children at a childcare facility. She started fresh to the industry as a leasing agent and her knowledge growth and maturity got her recognized and assigned a new role as Assistant Manager of Golden Pond a 432-unit complex.  She assisted with the opening of an additional 180 apartment homes at Golden Pond and the lease-up.  She successfully led the team in opening each new building in the mid 90 percent occupancy.  When she was given the Manager position of Golden Pond in 2018, she led her team to bring the “Community of the Year” award for Springfield to Canyon View Properties.  Her “on it” attitude and contagious positivity are what Canyon View is always looking for.

Melody started her multifamily journey in 2004 and brings over 18 years of property management experience to Canyon View.  She started as a leasing agent in 2004 and worked her way up to Sr. Leasing agent in 2006, Assistant Manager in 2008, and Property Manager in 2010.  Melody closely worked with the acquisition team where she helped with onboarding and training new team members at the new properties from the leasing team to the maintenance team.  She obtained her CAM (Certified Apartment Manager) accreditation in 2012.

In 2015, Melody was awarded “Apartment Manager of the Year” by the Arkansas Apartment Association and has been involved with AAA for over 10 years by holding many committee positions from Golf Chair, Manager Chair, and Vendor Chair. Melody is currently the 2022 Arkansas Apartment Associations President and has served on the Executive Board from Treasurer, Secretary, and Vice President over the past years.  Before coming on board with Canyon View in 2021 as the property manager at The Grove at Pleasant Valley, she worked in vendor management for a few years where she got to meet with owners, managers, and maintenance teams but decided that her passion was on the property side of the multifamily industry.