Top HOA management industry credentials earned by Southern Community Services
February 15, 2016
Two members of the senior leadership team at Southern Community Services (SCS) have been awarded the highest credential status in the international homeowner association management industry. Larry Ridlehoover, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM®, president and co-principal, and Mary Helen Settle, CMCA®, AMS®, PCAM®, vice president, Upstate region, are two of only three individuals in South Carolina to earn the designation of Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) between July and December of 2015.
Based in Virginia near Washington, D.C., CAI is an international organization with almost 34,000 members that provides information, education and resources to community associations and the professionals who support them. The organization awarded 243 career-enhancing designations worldwide – including only 77 PCAM credentials – between July 1 and Dec. 31, 2015.
Additionally, the Association Management Specialist (AMS) credential was awarded to two of SCS’ community managers, Stacy Foster of Florence, S.C., and Mike Meadows of Columbia, S.C.
“We’re very proud of our team,” says Ridlehoover. “SCS takes professional development very seriously. The knowledge we’re able to gain from the accreditation process enables us to fulfill CAI’s mission to inspire professionalism, effective leadership and responsible citizenship within our own ranks, ensuring that our clients receive the best community management services in the Carolinas.”
Southern Community Services (SCS) is one of only six HOA management firms in S.C. with CAI’s Accredited Association Management Company (AAMC) designation. The firm is celebrating its 15th anniversary of providing professional business, governance, and community management services to more than 160 communities across the Carolinas, including Lake Carolina and Wildewood in the Midlands, Park West and I’On in Charleston, Port Royal Plantation in Hilton Head, and Ayrsley in Charlotte, N.C.
With regional offices in Columbia, Spartanburg and Mount Pleasant, S.C., SCS offers a full range of association management services, including billing and collections; newsletter publishing; architectural review; financial reporting and accounting; CC&R enforcement; oversight of landscaping, pool and other amenity maintenance vendors; budget preparation and more.
About Southern Community Services (SCS)
Southern Community Services (SCS) has specialized in the management of homeowners associations throughout the Carolinas and beyond since the year 2000. Awarded the prestigious Accredited Association Management (AAMC) designation by the Community Association Institute (CAI), SCS currently serves more than 160 communities, from multi-tiered master-planned communities to small, single family neighborhoods. Staffed with accredited professionals who work diligently to accommodate the unique needs of each community, SCS provides turnkey solutions, state-of-the-art technology and decades of association management experience to boards, with senior-level involvement in every aspect of the business. Learn more at http://www.TrustSCS.com.
