Organization of the Executive Council of Homeowners

ECHO or the Executive Council of Homeowners is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to assisting California homeowners associations. ECHO provides help to homeowners associations on many fronts: financial and legal issues, insurance, maintenance, and management. Members receive help through conferences, trade shows, seminars, a monthly magazine, the ECHO Journal, and publications. ECHO is an owners' organization. Founded in San Jose in 1972 with a nucleus of five owner associations, ECHO membership has grown to over 1,500 association members representing over 100,000 homes.

Board of Directors and Staff

The affairs of ECHO are governed by a board of directors composed of twelve persons, all of whom must be, at the time of election or appointment, a property owner or a delegate of an ECHO member association in good standing. Terms are staggered such that three or four directors are elected at the annual meeting in the fall of each year. The Executive Director is an ex officio member of the board without voting rights. The secretary is an officer of the corporation without voting rights.

A full-time professional staff from one office headquartered in San Jose, California implements operations and administration for the organization.

President

David Hughes

Vice President

Karl Lofthouse

Treasurer

David Levy

Secretary

Dorothy Kopczynski

Executive Director

Oliver Burford

Communications Coordinator

Tyler Coffin

Legislative Consultant

Government Strategies, Inc.