Staff

Katie Monks, Partner katie@Spinnakerusa.com	Katie Monks, Partner Katie has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting with a minor in Mathematics from Ithaca College. She passed the Certified Public Accounting examination, and has a variety of both public and private accounting experience. Prior to the inception of Spinnaker, Katie handled the property management for a large construction company. She currently oversees the accounting department, is involved in new client setup, reviewing the annual budgets for Spinnaker’s clients, running the business, and expanding Spinnaker’s services to take advantage of recent technology.
Tina Williams, CMCA®, Partner tina@spinnakerusa.com	Tina Williams, CMCA®, Partner Prior to joining Spinnaker in 1997, Tina managed properties that range in size from 12 to 400 units, and was previously the Director of Condominium Operations for a large management company. In addition, to providing property management services to several clients, Tina is responsible for overseeing the daily operations, supervising on-site staff, obtaining bids for various contracts, as well as correspondence with unit owners and vendors.
Doris Steele, Partner doris@spinnakerusa.com	Doris Steele, Partner Doris has a Bachelor of Science in Business Management with a minor in Accounting. Doris began her real estate management career in New York City in 1984 and was employed by a property management firm in Manhattan. In 1992 she relocated her management skills to a local management company in order to be able to work closer to home. Doris currently manages several Associations in addition to assisting Tina with overseeing the Management staff.
Leo Fotopoulos, Senior Property Manager leo@spinnakerusa.com	Leo Fotopoulos, Senior Property Manager Leo joined Spinnaker in September of 2002 after working in New York City for nineteen years providing property management services to both commercial buildings, and apartments. Leo is the property manager for all of our commercial clients in addition to several residential Associations.
Donna Belskie, Property Manager donnaegpoa@aol.com	Donna Belskie, Property Manager Donna joined Spinnaker in July of 2001. She has a computer graphics background and is currently working on obtaining her CMCA®. She is very detail oriented and provides her boards with personal service. Donna managed several residential Associations for her first several years of employment with Spinnaker, and was moved to the on-site property management position at Emerald Green in July of 2005.
Elaine Mattiolo, Property Manager Assistant elaine@spinnakerusa.com	Elaine Mattiolo, Property Manager Assistant Elaine joined Spinnaker in October of 1999 as a bookkeeper, and has worn many hats since November of 2004. Elaine’s more recent positions with Spinnaker is as Tina’s Assistant. She assists Tina part-time (as she semi-retired in June of 2006) in servicing the Properties that Tina personally manages. Prior to joining Spinnaker she had experience working in an investment banking firm in Rhode Island and owning a business with her husband.
Leeann Ireland, Assistant Property Manager leeann@spinnakerusa.com	Leeann Ireland, Assistant Property Manager Leeann joined Spinnaker in July of 2003 as an Office Manager. After gaining experience in the industry, she accepted the on-site assistant property manager position with our firm at Dalton Farm Homeowners’ Association in January of 2004. Leeann handles correspondence with unit owners, oversees the daily operations, and supervises the on-site staff.
Barbara Vaida, Senior Association Accountant barbara@spinnakerusa.com	Barbara Vaida, Senior Association Accountant Barbara received her Bachelor of Science in Accounting from SUNY New Paltz in 1997. She worked in both public and private accounting for 10 years prior to joining Spinnaker in June of 2000. Barbara handles all aspects of the accounting, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, monthly financial statement preparation, year end work, and the budget preparation, required by the Associations whose accounting remains in our Wallkill office. In addition, she works with our upstate accounting office in handling the local distribution of information that is required by the clients whose accounting is handled in the upstate office.
Heidi G. Ostrander, Senior Commercial and Association Accountant heidi@spinnakerusa.com	Heidi G. Ostrander, Senior Commercial and Association Accountant Heidi has a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Accounting, a Masters of Business Administration. from Campbell University, and passed all four parts of the CPA Exam. She worked for two and a half years in NC for Property Management Co. until returning to the upstate area in 2002. After missing the property management business she joined Spinnaker in March of 2004 to assist Katie in moving the accounting department to the upstate office. She is responsible for overseeing the staff in the Broadalbin office, completing all of the accounting required by the commercial properties, reviewing and finalizing the monthly financial statements, budgets, and year end work, and implementing new accounting software.
Diane Lavada, Staff Association Accountant diane@spinnakerusa.com	Diane Lavada, Staff Association Accountant Diane has an Associates degree in Accounting, and in various accounting positions for 15 years prior to joining Spinnaker in October of 2004. She is responsible for overseeing all of the accounts receivable and accounts payable preparing the monthly financial statements, and year end work for the Associations that she handles. In addition, she prepares some of the working budgets for the Associations that she is responsible for, and handles the accounting for our utilities clients.
Patricia Fry, Assistant Office Manager patricia@spinnakerusa.com	Patricia Fry, Assistant Office Manager Pat joined Spinnaker in July of 2004 to assist the Wallkill accounting department with accounts receivable functions. She has 12 years of office experience. Pat currently assists Tracy with the office management for the Wallkill office.
Patricia Newkirk, Office Assistant	Patricia Newkirk, Office Assistant Pat joined Spinnaker in June of 2000 to assist wherever she is needed when necessary. She works part-time, and helps with opening the mail, going to banks, preparing mailings, and answering the phone.
Craig Williams, Office Manager craig@spinnakerusa.com	Craig Williams, Office Manager Craig joined Spinnaker in April of 2006 as the Office Manager. After years of being a warehouseman for Wakefern Food Corp., and watching the ins and outs of the property management business he decided he wanted to be a part of Spinnaker Management. He is responsible for preparing closing packages, Association questionnaires, ordering supplies, scheduling day to day work orders, and making the office run smoothly.
Liz Giaconia, Bookkeeper/Property Manager liz@spinnakerusa.com	Liz Giaconia, Bookkeeper/Property Manager Liz joined Spinnaker in July of 2006 as a bookkeeper and property manager. As a bookkeeper, she is responsible for processing accounts receivable, accounts payable, and bank reconciliations. As the upstate property management office grows, Liz will transition into a full-time property manager. Liz has a B.S. in Business Economics from Suny Cortland. Prior to joining Spinnaker she worked in the banking industry for several years.
Christine Miller, Manager in Training chris@spinnakerusa.com	Christine Miller, Manager in Training Chris recently joined our staff as a manager in training. For the past twelve years Chris has run a local security company. She handled the accounting, customer service, scheduling, payroll and generally ran the entire office. She brings a well rounded background and should excel in this field. Chris will be handling the on-site management for a premier 55 and over community in Middletown.
Dana Platt, Assistant Property Manager/Bookkeeper dana@spinnakerusa.com	Dana Platt, Assistant Property Manager/Bookkeeper Dana joined Spinnaker in October of 2009 to work on-site at Emerald Green Property Owners’ Association. Dana received her associate’s degree in Graphic Communication from O.C.C.C. and continued her degree at FIT. Being a graphic design major allowed Dana to learn and teach various computer programs. She will be working exclusively on Emerald Green as an assistant property manager and bookkeeper.
Trish Murphy, Assistant Property Manager trish@spinnakerusa.com	Trish Murphy, Assistant Property Manager Trish Murphy joined Spinnaker Management in December 2009. Trish has been working in the Property Management field for over fifteen years. Before joining Spinnaker she worked onsite as Property/Office Manager. Trish will be working with Tina and assisting with her properties.