Meredith (Marti) Furman, Commercial Property Manger

Marti returned to The Laurel Company in November of 99 after being previously employed with the company for 10 years.  During those years with The Laurel Company, she was responsible for all phases of property management and the maintenance division supervision.

As the Southwest Division Manager for 9 years with National Realty Management in Las Vegas, Nevada she supervised several large (49 to 670 unit) apartment communities, self storage facilities and commercial properties in Nevada, Arizona and Texas.  One of Ms. Furman’s largest responsibilities was the direct supervision and financial success of over 250,000 sq. ft. of the self storage portfolio.  During her supervision she was responsible for employee training, computer implementation, daily functions and auditing with the goal to detect and eliminate employee waste and theft.  In addition to these responsibilities she supervised the property maintenance schedule, budgets, auction and legal needs.

Ms. Furman was the recipient of the National Realty Management, Performance and Leadership Award in December 1994 and received the Adult Volunteer Award from the Frontier Girl Scout Council of Las Vegas in May 1997.

Ms. Furman currently holds her Real Estate & Brokers license in California.  In addition she has completed the course work and received her certification from the University of Nevada Las Vegas, in the Supervisor’s Customer Service Training Program.  She supplements her education with classes from the Institute of Real Estate Management and is certified by HUD for the Title X, Section 1012/1013, Lead Safe - Work Practices Training and has completed the class work and received certification in mold prevention and abatement.

Ms. Furman is also a member of the Santa Barbara Rental Property Association.

Darren A. Peterson, Chief Operations Officer American Self Storage and Property Manager

Darren has been with The Laurel Company starting part-time as a teenager in the mid 90’s in our Maintenance Department.  Through hard work and determination he worked his way through the Maintenance Department and was promoted to the Property Management Division.  As a Property Manager, Darren learned all the phases of Residential Management and then jumped into learning the Self Storage business from top to bottom.  He was promoted to Chief Operations Officer for American Self Storage in the second quarter of 2007.  He is also licensed by the State of California as a Real Estate Salesman and is currently working towards receiving a California Brokers License.  Darren received a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from the University of Phoenix in 2007 and holds certifications in the fields of Fair Housing, Mold Abatement and Tenant relations.