Bell Partners Announces Two New Senior Management Hires
2024年7月9日 - 8:00PM
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Kate Byford joins as Chief Administrative
Officer and Lisa Tully-Lavian as SVP Customer Experience
Bell Partners (the “Company”), one of the nation’s largest
apartment investment and management companies, today announced that
Kate Byford has joined the Company as Chief Administrative Officer
(CAO), and Lisa Tully-Lavian has joined the Company as Senior Vice
President, Customer Experience. Both roles are new positions
created as part of the Company’s updated strategic plan to support
its continued growth. Ms. Byford and Ms. Tully-Lavian will both be
based in the Company’s Alexandria, Virginia corporate office.
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Kate Byford, Chief Administrative
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“As we prepare for the future, the CAO role will help centralize
some of our corporate services to enhance efficiency and focus,
which should drive stronger results,” said Lili Dunn, CEO and
President of Bell Partners. “At the same time, the new Customer
Experience function will deepen our knowledge of our current and
prospective customers, so we can transform ordinary interactions
into extraordinary experiences.”
“Kate is an industry leader in developing efficient, scalable
solutions to manage growth and optimize team performance and
processes,” Dunn added. “Lisa’s experience in the hospitality
sector will help Bell Partners elevate our brand management,
marketing, and customer focused initiatives, all supporting the key
theme driving our strategic plan, our Residents. With their
additions, I am also proud that almost 60% of our Officer team
identify as women.”
As Chief Administrative Officer, Ms. Byford’s responsibilities
include oversight of the Company’s Human Resources, Information
Technology, Procurement, and Environmental, Social and Governance
(ESG) initiatives. She will also help lead other strategic and
corporate initiatives to support the CEO and President, and will
serve on the Executive Committee to guide the Company’s strategic
direction, business policies and investment decisions. Ms. Byford
has over 20 years of experience in the multifamily industry,
including the past seven years at Capital One where she last served
as Managing Vice President: Head of Multifamily Agency Finance. Ms.
Byford was at Freddie Mac for 10 years, where she last served as
Senior Director: Multifamily Capital Markets, Head of Pricing. She
led the team that received GlobeSt.’s Multifamily Influencer
Winner: Agency Finance Team in 2023 and 2022, and received
GlobeSt.’s Woman of Influence Award: Finance Executive in 2021. Ms.
Byford is a graduate of West Virginia University.
As SVP Customer Service, Ms. Tully-Lavian’s responsibilities
include overseeing the development and implementation of systems
and processes to support a differentiated customer experience,
leading efforts related to Bell’s insights into its current and
prospective customers, and overseeing the Company’s marketing
initiatives. Ms. Tully-Lavian brings over 20 years of experience in
lifestyle and brand marketing, digital media and data analysis to
her new role. She was most recently Chief Marketing Officer at
Sentral, an innovator in residential hospitality, and was Executive
Vice President, Marketing at Highgate, a leading hospitality
investment and management company. Her extensive experience also
includes senior marketing roles with American Express and in the
luxury hotel sector. Ms. Tully-Lavian is a graduate of Manhattan
College.
About Bell Partners
Established in 1976, Bell Partners Inc. is a privately held
apartment investment and management company focused on quality
multifamily rental communities throughout the United States. The
Company manages approximately 85,000 apartment homes in 12 regions
across the U.S., including communities in Seattle, San Francisco
Bay Area, Southern California, Denver, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin,
Atlanta, Central and Southeast Florida, Charlotte/Raleigh,
Washington, D.C., and Boston. With over 2,000 associates and ten
offices, Bell Partners offers an extensive full-service vertically
integrated national platform of expertise in property management,
acquisitions, construction, financing, accounting, risk management,
and related support functions. Led by a senior management team with
an average of 20+ years of experience, Bell Partners has invested
throughout all phases of the real estate cycle and has completed
over $11 billion of realized apartment transactions since 2002. For
more information, visit bellpartnersinc.com.
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