Dawn Dyer, President

As a California licensed real estate broker with more than 25 years of experience in Southern California real estate, Dawn Dyer is acknowledged as an expert on the apartment market. She has represented corporate, institutional and private clients in the acquisition, disposition and development of thousands of apartment units. Dyer was featured in the June 16, 2014 issue of Forbes magazine as a representative of her profession and one of seven California Women Business Leaders.

Dyer provides expert witness testimony on real estate issues, and is a frequent guest speaker on real estate investment and development topics at a variety of conferences, including the Building Industry Association’s annual PCBC and BIS events; and the annual Ventura County Housing Conference. She is a guest lecturer for courses at UCLA and California Lutheran University and authors a monthly article for Apartment Age magazine, an official publication of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles and Ventura County.

Dyer is active as a community volunteer, working with numerous groups and organizations, including the Boys and Girls Club and the University of California Santa Barbara - Economic Forecast Project, among others. She is known as the founding mother of the Ventura County Housing Trust Fund, a 501c3 non-profit that administers a multi-million dollar revolving loan fund for the creation of affordable housing.