About Gene Bicksler
I have 45 years of experience in the community association management business. In June of 2018, my wife and I moved to Eugene, Oregon from the San Francisco Bay Area to be closer to our daughter's family and to enjoy a slower pace of life.
I began my career in 1979 and, after five years in Eugene and Portland, relocated to California in 1984. The decades since have included a range of professional experience including: live-in, on-site property manager; Senior Vice President of a large portfolio management company; General Manager of a large-scale PUD (planned unit development); and owner of two management companies. Having worked with large corporations (Tishman Speyer, Lehman Brothers) and small, low-income properties alike, I'm now serving clients as an independent consultant, drawing on broad experience and specialized expertise.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bicksler and Associates | Eugene, Oregon | Consultant, 2018–Present
Offering consulting services to Oregon-based homeowners associations, developers and lenders. Expert witness services are available to the legal communities of both California and Oregon.
Bicksler and Associates | San Francisco Bay Area | Founder, 1987–2018
Provided management and consulting services to homeowners associations, consulting services to developers and lenders, and expert consultation to the legal community.
Community Associations Consulting | Dublin, California | Vice President, 1985–1987
Supervised management operations, new client set-up, and coordinated insurance for over 50 management contracts.
Rinconada Hills | Los Gatos, California | General Manager, 1984–1985
Managed an association of 394 townhomes, 40 single-family residences, five sub-associations, a tennis club, a swim club, and a lake located on one hundred landscaped acres.
Condominium Consultants, Inc. | Eugene/Portland, Oregon | Founder, 1981–1984
Provided management and consulting services to associations, lending institutions, and real estate developers.
Association Manager and Student of CAI Co-Founder | 1979-1984
While working concurrently in the above listed company, trained and studied with Mr. James Laughlin. Mr. Laughlin is recognized in the industry, along with Mr. David Wolfe, to be the early pioneers of community association management. Mr. Laughlin began his business in the early nineteen seventies and was co-founder of the national organization known as Community Associations Institute. When Mr. Laughlin sold his Virginia based company in 1978, he had offices in twelve states and three countries.
Countryman Realty | Eugene, Oregon | Real Estate Department Manager, 1978
Managed office buildings, apartments, and condominium projects.
On Site Manager | Eugene, Oregon | 1976
Managed large apartment property located in Eugene, Oregon.
INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT
Appointed to the Reserves Task Force of the California Legislative Action Committee of California CAI Chapters to review the current reserve study laws and propose amendments to improve it. | California CAI Chapters | 2022
Appointed to the Condominium Reserve Study and Funding Public Policy Task Force, organized by the CAI's national office to address issues arising from Florida's Champlain Tower collapse and charged with identifying changes to best practices relating to reserve studies, funding, and maintenance. | Community Associations Institute | 2021
Legal Advisory Steering Committee | California Association of Community Managers | 2015–2017
Director, Bay Area Chapter of Community Association Institute | 2006–10
Member, Community Associations Institute - California Legislative Action Committee | 2001–02
Committee Member, California Association of Community Managers | 1999
Northern California Conference and Trade Show | 1998
Director, Bay Area Chapter of Community Association Institute | 1995–97
Treasurer / Newsletter Editor, Bay Area Chapter of Community Association Institute | 1995–97
Appointed by the Executive Council of Homeowners to a 24-member panel mediating disputes under California Civil Code 1354 | Bay Area Chapter of Community Association Institute | 1994
Co-Chair, California Association of Community Managers' Legislative Action Committee | 1993
Founding Director, California Association of Community Managers, a statewide, 3000-member trade association of consultants and managers of community associations and dedicated to increasing industry professionalism | 1991
Member, Community Associations Institute's California Legislative Action Committee | 1989
Member, Select Committee for the California Department of Real Estate tasked with evaluating the 1987 University of California report "Common Interest Homeowners' Association Study" | 1988
President, Bay Area Chapter of Community Associations Institute, a national organization with membership of over 350 homeowners associations, managers, developers, attorneys, accountants, and public officials | 1988
Active in the Oregon legislature's creation of the Planned Community Act, a comprehensive body
of law detailing the development and operation of common interest subdivisions | 1981, 1983
Founding Member, two Oregon-based chapters of Community Associations Institute | 1981, 1983
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS & AFFILIATIONS
Certified Community Association Manager, Emeritus
California Association of Community Managers (CACM)
Awarded 1994
Certified Manager of Community Associations
Community Associations Institute (CAI)
Awarded 1996
EDUCATION
University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon
Studies in Real Estate and Business
BOARD EXPERIENCE
Mr. Bicksler has served as a developer representative on common interest development Board of Directors and as Board President of his own homeowner's association.
MILITARY SERVICE
United States Air Force | Vietnam Combat Veteran Honorably Discharged | 1971
MEDIA
Foreclosure Crisis Interview | National Public Radio (NPR) – Morning Edition | 2008
