2025 Annual General Membership Meeting

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Thursday, November 6, 2025

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (PST)

621 South Westmoreland Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90005-3962 United States

* Registration open until 11/4/25 at 11:59 PM (PST)

Category: In-Person Events

Our Annual General Membership Meeting – Your Vote Counts

Keynote Speaker: “Dennis Block, Esq.”

THIS MEETING IS ALL FOR YOU, OUR MEMBERS! LIGHT BREAKFAST SERVED

Details

Time: 10:00 a.m.– 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2025

Where: Offices of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles – 621 South Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles (Between 6^th Street and Wilshire)

Parking: Free in Back

Cost: FREE, Including Light Breakfast

Register Online: Logged In Members Can Register Using the "Register Now" Button.

How to Attend: This event is IN-PERSON at the offices of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles – 621 South Westmoreland Avenue, Los Angeles (Between 6^th Street and Wilshire). A light breakfast will be provided.

Be sure to join us for AAGLA’s Annual Membership General Meeting in person on Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 10:00 A.M. Joining us as the Key-Note Speaker will be Dennis Block, Esq., Founder and Managing Partner of Dennis Block & Associates, who joins us for a presentation on recent legislation and legal strategy. At this SPECIAL AAGLA member meeting where we nominate and members vote for our Slate of Directors and our Board President, Matthew Williams for the upcoming 2026 calendar year. The Board of Directors’ vote will be conducted by our past Board President and current Nominations Committee Chairperson, Cheryl Turner, Esq.

Board of Directors’ Roster

Officers (2026)

Matthew Williams, President
Curt Knabe, Vice President & Treasurer
Edmon Lee, Vice President
David Greenhut, Vice President

Retiring Directors:

None

New Directors: (2026 Only)

Ben Foster
Joshua Kamali

Directors Being Reappointed:

(2026-2028)

Bill Dawson
Chris Gray
Curt Knabe
Daniel Leathers
David Greenhut
Edmon Lee
Harold Greenberg
Joe “Joyt” Patel
Matthew Williams

Director Being Reappointed:

(2026)

Anthony Luna

2026 Slate of Board of Directors:

Anthony Luna
Ben Foster
Cheryl Turner, Esq.
Chris Gray
Curt Knabe
Daniel Leathers
David Greenhut
Earle R. Vaughan*
Edmon Lee
Harold Greenberg, Esq.*
Irma Vargas*
Joe “Joyt” Patel*
John Schulhof*
Joshua Kamali
Kari Negri
Larry Cannizzaro*
Matthew Williams **
Michael Agopian
William Dawson*
William Shaw, Esq.*

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* - Past President.

**- Current President for 2025-6.

	Keynote Speaker: Dennis Block, Esq., Managing Partner, Dennis Block & Associates Dennis P. Block is the founder and managing partner of the LAW FIRM OF DENNIS P. BLOCK AND ASSOCIATES. The firm specializes in residential and commercial eviction of tenants. Founded in 1976, the firm has become the leading eviction law firm in tenant eviction in the State of California. To date, the firm has handled over 200,000 tenant evictions in California. The Law Firm of Dennis P. Block and Associates is dedicated to serving the legal interests of landlords and income property owners whose property is in the State of California. Its clients range from the Federal Government, municipalities, banking institutions, management companies, to 'mom and pop' owners. The firm consists of 20 eviction lawyers, all specializing in landlord / tenant law who are also experts in Unlawful Detainer Jury Trials, Commercial and Foreclosure Evictions. For more information go to: www.evict123.coml.
	Nominee for 2026 President: Matthew Williams Matt Williams is the Principal of Williams Real Estate Advisors, Inc., a full-service property management company that has approximately $150,000,000 of multifamily assets under management throughout Southern California. While in college he was hired by Capmark Financial Group as an analyst. During the year he was there he analyzed $350,000,000 (7,500 apartment units) worth of multi-family loan requests on property financials for lenders such as Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and Life Companies. In 2008 he was promoted to an Assistant Vice-President and transitioned out of commercial mortgage banking to apartment brokerage as Real Estate Investment Advisor with the Kitty Wallace Team at Sperry Van Ness. From 2009-2011 he did free-lance consulting work for a local developer. And, then he started his current Williams Real Estate Advisors, Inc., which today currently manages more than 100 properties. In 2021, Matt joined the Board of Directors of the Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles, and was first elected as Board President in 2025.
	Welcome: Daniel Yukelson, Executive Director Daniel Yukelson is currently the Executive Director of The Apartment Association of Greater Los Angeles (AAGLA). As Certified Public Accountant, Yukelson began his career at Ernst & Young, the global accounting firm, and has served in senior financial roles principally as Chief Financial Officer for various public, private and start-up companies, including Premiere Radio Networks and Oasis West Realty. He is also a former Planning Commissioner for the City of Beverly Hills.
	Past Board President and Nominations Committee Chairperson: Cheryl Turner, Esq. Past Board President, Cheryl Turner, is a trial lawyer and transactional attorney with an extensive background in business, insurance, real estate, and construction. She has managed her own legal practice, Turner Law, for more than twenty years. She is a former Real Estate Broker and currently holds a Public Works Construction Management Certificate. She was selected as one of the Outstanding Young Women of America. Ms. Turner earned her Bachelor of Arts degree and Juris Doctor Law degree from the University of Southern California.