Our staff is thoroughly experienced and trained in the shared office environment. Each member of our team is carefully selected based on their expertise and temperament. Intrinsically, knowing how to respectfully treat client members is of utmost importance for ROC employees. Some things just can't be taught! Conscious of the many hours clients spend in the office, our combined goal is to make this time as enjoyable and productive as can possibly be expected. This Zen-like calm can only be attained if the operation is relatively trouble free. Anticipating how to prevent issues before they happen comes from experience but also from a passion to do it better. That's what ROC staff is all about! Doing it better!! Come see for yourself how it's done better!
Our People
Newport Beach
Ron McElroy
CEO
Creaky elbows and rusty shoulder joints make it difficult for The Big Kahuna Ron McElroy to surf, let alone get through the line-up. Wave after wave pound Ron’s face, but a slight onset of dementia keeps him going. Meanwhile, Juniorboy, sitting on the beach, can’t keep the jokes flowing fast enough, “look braddah, he’s still wearing dah bus up kine rubbah slippas!”
Ron previously established himself as a proficient Commercial Real Estate Broker specializing in office properties throughout the greater John Wayne market from 1983 through 1992. During this period Ron represented landlords like The Irvine Company, Prudential Realty, and Koll Company as well as companies like Exxon, AST Research and Mobil Oil. After a short stint trading oil futures and firearms with Syrian confidants, Ron launched REMC-Real Estate Management Corporation. Over the next fifteen years Ron’s standard for Class A buildings and premier office environments, anchored with uncompromised service, set the industry bar to a new level. Ron successfully sold the fourteen sites encompassing over 1,000 companies to Synergy Workplaces, a Broadway Partners subsidiary based out of New York.
Retired on the beaches of Hawaii and Mexico left Ron “plagued with thoughts of not doing enough,” he says in his book entitled Wrong Side of the Tracks ($12.95 for the book or $2.99 for the Kindle Edition, both on Amazon.com). “Street smart and restless,” like most University of California, Santa Barbara graduates, Ron jumped back into the game and established ROC—where he finds joy, yet again, in working 14-hour days and having his employees call him Puanani, or Beautiful Flower.
Diane Kampner
Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Diane began her career in the Serviced Office Industry way back when word processors, telexes and shorthand were known terminologies. During the Jurassic, Stegosauri used telex messages to communicate back and forth between the thick jungles and high conifers. Diane began her career with HQ Global Workplaces in sales and marketing in Boston while avoiding the malodorous Blue Line. She found herself working for the same company in California fifteen years later when they purchased most of the independent operators nationwide.
In 2004, Diane joined Ron McElroy at REMC Executive Suites as Vice President of Sales and Marketing until it was sold in 2007. She is thrilled to join ROC and help convey an environmentally and socially sustainable business environment as Director of Sales and Marketing.
Diane’s golf game is something to write home about. When she’s not stuck in a bunker or slicing banana shots, her smile shines like the dimples on a brand new Titleist Pro V1 golf ball.
Amy Triscari
Chief Operating Officer
Amy brings a wealth of expertise to ROC with her extensive background in every facet of the Shared Office industry. Amy has served in a management capacity with two former prominent ROC competitor's—Carr-Workplaces and Synergy Workplaces. Both were based out of the East Coast with long histories in providing National coverage. Prior to that Amy worked her way up the ranks at a regional Shared Office power-house REMC.
Amy learned and excelled at every level in the Shared Office business until ultimately managing the most profitable centers at REMC. Amy's expertise in executing long term strategic plans while also maintaining a close touch to client needs is unsurpassed in our business. Currently, Amy is serving as the Chief Operating Officer for ROC and is tasked with laying the groundwork for our growing staff. Amy's influence since her presence at ROC is already noticeable—enthusiasm and focus are unmistakable trademarks when referring to Amy and what attributes immediately come to mind. We're proud to have Amy as the benchmark for all other employee's to strive to be.
Corrin Lurmann
Member Specialist
Corrin is a seasoned employee in the shared office environment. Formally employed with REMC- Real Estate Management Corporation, Corrin elevated her position over an eight year period to a prominent position with that firm. Setting the standard for administrative assistance she developed policies and procedures that became an integral part of the REMC service strategy.
Now, at ROC, Corrin is again at the forefront in the development of an entirely new progressive strategy to deliver service built from a foundation of social consciousness. Besides making sure that our environment conforms to a fresh inviting feel Corrin will systematically work to chip those rough tense corners, typical with high-powered business, into smooth collaborative ease. "Let's kill it! Not you!" is Corrin's motto. Anticipating the needs and wants of our clients and handling them ahead of time is half the battle to making a smooth efficient environment. That's what Corrin knows from years of doing it right…
Nicole Freedman
Member Services
Before coming to ROC in a Member Services position, Nicole spent two years working for ESDI, a local Shared Office leader in the Newport Beach area. Nicole's training included tenant call distribution and proper phone and greeting etiquette. Nicole is also well versed in a multitude of software applications relative to providing an elevated level of business services. Nicole's level of proficiency in a business level of service has been bolstered by a broad background in education.
Nicole studied at San Diego State University, receiving a Bachelor Of Arts in Anthropology while also completing a considerable amount of coursework in Business Administration. Currently Nicole is continuing her education at the University of California, Irvine for a Paralegal Certificate expanding on her scope of service to ROC client base even more. We at ROC are excited to have Nicole's well-rounded talents to contribute to the daily needs of our customers.
Alina Kessler
Member Sales Manager
Having spent the early years of her life in St.Petersburg, Russia, Alina brings a unique background to the ROC staff. In addition to speaking fluent in her native tongue, raised with a strong work ethic is also indicative of the typical upbringing in her home town. Since coming to America, Alina has placed a high level of importance on learning English and being educated.
Her Russian Accent is not noticeable and a degree in Broadcasting was achieved from CW Post—Long Island University. Relocating from New York to Orange County has given Alina an appreciation for the diversity here in America. This varied diversity in personality and customs is something Alina is familiar with and comfortable accommodating demands across a wide spectrum of personalities. For this reason we at ROC are thrilled to have Alina in our Member Sales Manager, an area where her diverse background will flourish.
Linda Mackay
Events
Linda comes with 18 years of experience running huge Corporate and Celebrity Events that bring together Sports & Entertainment Celebrities with Corporate and Media Partners into High End, High Exposure Events. Linda’s company, Sports Dream which she started 12 years ago, specializes in running Events for the NFL, NBA and Professional Athletes and includes Events at the NFL Super Bowl, Pro Bowl, NBA All Star Weekend and ESPN’s ESPY Awards Week. We are excited to have Linda build the brand and identity of ROC Events at each location with particular attention to hosting large Events at the Santa Monica Center.
Rebecca Beattie
Marketing Manager
With a technical biology degree AND a degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder, we fear Becky Beattie may be selling stem cell secrets to the Decepticons. Rebecca’s keen ability to understand technical industries along with a unique marketing perspective landed her in some interesting positions. Rebecca's professional career started as a National Distribution Sales Manager for cell biology products at SeraCare. This lead to her becoming the West Coast Cell Biology Specialist for Eppendorf where she played with human and animal cells under a microscope while growing her territory by an unprecedented 21%.
Following the above elementary studies, Rebecca joined Comprendia Bioscience Consulting Group as their Business Development Manager. In this role, Rebecca helped secure large accounts and grew the firm by over 40% within the first year. She also acted as co-manager for the San Diego Biotechnology Network (SDBN) which enjoys a membership of over 7,000 local biotech professionals.
As the Marketing Manager at ROC, Rebecca will be using her strategic sales and marketing skills to help build relationships with San Diego law, finance, technical and entrepreneur professionals. Rebecca also manages ROC's website marketing and social media efforts.
Matty Johnson
Occupation Specialist
Hailing from the sunny shores of Orange County, Matty spent most of his early years underwater. His love for the ocean soon grew into a professional surfing career that would take him around the world. His experiences and education trotting the globe taught him the importance of blending the intellectual, the wondrous and the physical.
When Matty returned to land…. and reality, (much like a fish out of water), he floundered until he discovered his second natural talent, marketing and sales.
His mild manner and experience, along with a genuine desire to see our clients succeed make him a great addition to the ROC team.
Newport Beach/Airport
Michelle Moore
Member Specialist
Michelle has lived in Southern California her entire life. It will shock you to know that she enjoys spending time at the beach whether it is lying out with friends or riding her bike down the boardwalk. A second shocker is that she met her husband who, of course was a lifeguard, at the beach.
And we were shocked once again when she revealed that she attended California State Dominguez Hills with a Bachelor's degree in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations. Before coming to ROC she was working for Keller Williams Realty in Newport Beach as front desk/office administration.
Of course she’s a Member Specialist at ROC NEWPORT BEACH! What a shock!!
Lauren Kelley
Operations Manager
If you see Lauren “running” by your office or through the hallways it’s because she is a fitness and competitive sports enthusiast. She plays coed beach football on the weekends and basketball in the lobby at Newport Airport during the week.
Lauren was born and raised in Orange County and studied Business Communications at Cal State Long Beach. She’s been a Sales Administrator and worked for Voit Real Estate for two years prior to joining ROC.
Lauren takes the advise of experts and eats small amounts about twelve times a day so if you ever feel like grazing on nuts or vegetables stop by the front desk at ROC Newport/Airport.
She can be found after hours on our pilates equipment training herself, staff, or clients.
Pat Ryan
Member Sales Manager
When he’s not studying hydrodynamics or measuring the pressure of waves barreling over him, Pat is likely making use of his degree in anthropology by lending a hand to Jane Goodall and giving names to the various chimpanzees roaming Newport Beach. Upon graduating from the University of California, Santa Cruz, Pat became a revered sales engineer in the tech industry. As an attentive listener and taskmaster, Pat has a keen ability to immediately spot an ocean monger and kindly direct them to the nearest competitor. Pat will be leading a sales team in Newport Beach, developing relationships with strangers, and convincing novice athletes to join the big leagues with ROC. “My favorite part about working for ROC is the immeasurable amount of freedom I have to enmesh the company with communities and organizations in ways that are mutually beneficial.” After he finishes torturing aquatic life with his spear gun and skipping gleefully down the beach at sunset, Pat will happily return your phone call.
La Jolla
Bonnie Baker
Member Services
Bonnie was born and raised in Houston, Texas. No “twang” in her accent but she knows about southern hospitality, always making sure to greet people with warmth and a smile. Bonnie moved to San Diego to escape the heat and further her education in one of the most beautiful coastal settings in the US. Coming into her 5th year here in San Diego, she just finished her Undergraduate degree at San Diego State University. With a major in Communication and a minor in Psychology, Bonnie has acquired the skills and know-how to work well with people, using her keen understanding of how people operate on a deeper level to maintain a positive costumer relationship with our ROC clients.
Karen Mcintosh
Member Services
Karen graduated with a BA in Psychology from Georgia State University and a Masters in Social Work from Kennesaw State University. Her passion is helping and understanding people, which is why she spent time volunteering with at-risk youth in Brazil and three years working with children with developmental disabilities.
After 21 years of living in Georgia, this Southern Belle headed to Maui in search of beautiful beaches and warm weather. In pursuit of a “serious” life and career, she has landed back on the Mainland to utilize her problem-solving and listening skills to create a friendly environment for all clients and staff.
Mariana Torres
Member Specialist
A spa is a demanding atmosphere full of client requests, deionized water and honey-suckle scented face scrubs. Reverberating sounds of trickling water linger so long as they’re not absorbed into the Art Deco inspired concrete facades. With nearly ten years of working experience in the spa and hospitality industry, Mariana has become an expert in the field of customer care. An affair with the beaches of San Diego tore Mariana away from her hometown of Sacramento, but not before receiving her BA in communications from Cal State San Marcos. Tenant spats are kept to a minimum while Mariana is in the captain’s chair, as verbal resolution and interpersonal communication are a few of her strongest qualities. Mariana’s enthusiasm and positive attitude will serve her well as ROC La Jolla’s newest member!
Downtown San Diego
Rebecca Romero
Regional Sales Manager
Rebecca started her career in the Serviced Office Industry when California was a territory. Taking the Wells Fargo to work was commuting, and smoke signals and telegraphs were the preferred hi-tech communication choices of the day. Back in the “them olden days” services included selling ammo, administering Doc Martin’s cure all snake oil, shining saddles and high noon gun fight networking mixers that included a box lunch.
Involved in commercial real estate for over 20 years, Rebecca started with HQ Global Workplaces where she held the position of Center Sales Manager then Center General Manager. Proving herself as a leader in sales and customer service, Rebecca was promoted to the role of Area Sales Manager for the San Diego market.
Rebecca went on to work for REMC Executive Suites, where she assisted with sales in various centers and contributed to the opening of a new center. Her most recent position prior to joining ROC was Senior Director for Corporate Office Centers, a national firm where she was responsible for overseeing 7 California and Hawaii locations. During her 7- year tenure, she also served in the roles of General Manager for the Downtown San Diego location and as Marketing Director.
With well-rounded experience in sales, marketing, customer service and operations, as well as the ability to wrangle and hog-tie livestock, Rebecca brings to ROC her focus and dedication to providing ROC clients a positive office experience with the goal of contributing to ROC client’s success.
Samantha Kalil
Member Specialist
It was the game of a lifetime for Derrick Williams in 2011, finishing 11-for-17 from the field and going 5-for-6 from beyond the arc. The Wildcats stunned defending national champ Blue Devils and entered the national quarterfinals. Williams, now a Timberwolf, owes much of his success to a young lady named Samantha Kalil. Samantha has worn out more eardrums screaming from the sidelines than the entire Towson University fan base ever will.
Samantha is a dedicated basketball enthusiast. Born and raised in Tucson, AZ, she quit sports in high school just to attend all the boys’ games. Graduating from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in Psychology (and a minor in Men’s Basketball), Samantha concedes she has never missed a Wildcat’s basketball game. As college life slowly faded in the rear-view mirror, Samantha received an internship with Divorce Recovery of Tucson Arizona. From 2011-2012 she was an active leader and counselor for kids coping with divorced parents.
Leadership skills rivaling Honest Abe’s, a bubbly personality and strong ability to innovate landed Samantha a position with ROC-San Diego. Palm-palms in hand, Samantha is excited for this new chapter in her life and looks forward to the next company-wide basketball tournament.
Angelica Nelson
Member Specialist
High school teachers are renowned for being strict disciplinarians, impatient educators and tattle-tales. Cheating will land you in the hot seat with bathroom privileges reduced, and lunchtime fun will be spent hovering over yesterday’s homework. Successfully completing her liberal studies degree from Sonoma State, Angelica brings to ROC the efficiency of a Kendal-Jackson production line. Prior to joining ROC, Angelica was a high school math, biology and chemistry teacher. Maintaining the attention of cross-eyed, Adderall-driven 17 year olds is no easy task. But with a stern fist and quick slap of her ruler Angelica churned out Einsteins like Model-T’s out of a Henry Ford factory. Angelica enjoys a good game of pick-up basketball, but watch out for high-flying elbows and deadly three-pointers. ROC is excited to have Angelica on board as her competitive nature and good-hearted team spirit produce great comradery between staff and clientele, alike.
Santa Monica
Jessica Belland
Marketing Associate
Born and grass fed in Dana Point, Jessica is an organic creature at heart. Jessica began her career, following an environment science degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, at ROC-La Jolla.
Jessica was able to quickly learn the vital importance of being organized and consistent—something each one of her clients can attest to. Jessica can sell ice cubes to Eskimos…and $2.50c rubber bands to clients—impressive enough to land her a job at ROC-Santa Monica.
Growing up, Jessica had no choice but to become as fluent on the violin as she was in Spanish. If you are ever at a loss for words, Jessica will gladly chat your ear off. Ask her to play Caprice No. 24…on one string…and you will learn four strings are unnecessary.
In Santa Monica, Jessica is responsible for marketing ROC to the business community. Her role as a community integration specialist will help ROC and its clients find better ways to work together. Using her environmental science degree, Jessica will also lend a hand to the EcoROC team.
Kaely McClellan
Sales Manager
Growing up with two loving parents, a devoted younger brother and a golden lab puppy behind a white picket fence in Orange County is not what you’d expect from our newest sales ROC Star who’s filling up ROC Santa Monica before offices even get built.
Kaely obviously did well studying communications at UCSB. She moved to LA to work in entertainment at FOX Sports.
Except for a weird obsession with French bull dogs and a passion for digging through dark chocolate while watching the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (or Orange County) she’s pretty near a perfect addition to ROC.
Walter Grieves
Community Integration and Business Development
Walter W. Grieves has extensive experience in the finance and corporate sectors amassed over the last 17 years. Upon completing his undergraduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, Walter went to work for Research Magazine/Multex Data Group where he managed the International Investor Relations Division. Mr. Grieves then went to work for Morgan Stanley spending time between the Wailuku Maui Branch and the World Trade Center location in New York City. Further looking to expand his experience in the securities industry, Mr. Grieves partnered with a group of Securities Attorneys structuring, capitalizing and restructuring small publicly traded companies. Over the next 5 years he served as President of several Public companies including Cambridge Capital, US West Homes, and DMT Energy. Over the last 7 years, Mr. Grieves specialized in capitalization, corporate structure, restructure, revenue expansion and assistance in exit strategy to many small to medium sized private companies. Mr. Grieves is pleased to serve ROC integrating corporations, entrepreneurs, investors, and professional organizations into the largest open source workspace solution in the greater Los Angeles area.
Nicholas Mason
Director of Operations
Born and raised in a small, yet bustling city of gangsters and money-laundering schemers, Nicholas brings a wrath of unlearned knowledge and precision-less direction to ROC. Brought into this disorderly world by an Armenian father and his Dutch mistress, Nicholas has gone to great lengths to get where he is today. Before becoming interested in the physics of real estate development, Nicholas spent his time crunching bloated math equations and reading picture books at the University of California. Being so well learned and accompanied by a thick head of hair help Nicholas survive the harshest of Southern California winters.
Throughout college, Nicholas absorbed extensive knowledge (alcohol) by engaging in internships and school-related activities. “My first real work experience was with a company called White Stone Research, where I assisted in the development of lifecycle cost forecasting tools and drank an excessive amount of coffee.” While competing in triathlons, Nicholas doggy-paddles his way through the swim, moves forward on his bicycle and skips his way to the finish line.
Spearheading the development of ROC Santa Monica, Nicholas plans to create an all-encompassing environment where he and his team will capitalize on every opportunity that walks through the door.
Carolyn McKinney
Member Services
While she was born and raised in the “show me” state of Missouri, Carolyn is far from a skeptic. She received a degree in communications with an emphasis in mass media from the University of Missouri—home to the largest Greek system in the nation—but she did her best to avoid the revelry.
Carolyn journeyed to Santa Monica in search of the perfect working environment. Landing a job at a local start-up, she has experience in sales and marketing where she developed a passion for helping small businesses and entrepreneurs. Battling the start-up atmosphere of trench warfare and saltine crackers, Carolyn advertised her interest in joining ROC Santa Monica.
Carolyn enjoys most people, but despises reptiles of all shapes and sizes. Tell her a weird joke and she will sneak you candy.
Cameron McElroy
Environmental Integration
Having spent the last year in Maui applying sustainable practices on a local level, Cameron developed a unique shoveling technique and now competes actively in the Husky Gardens Hole Digging circuit. The University of California, Santa Barbara awarded Cameron a B.S. degree in Environmental Studies in 2011. Upon graduation, Cameron conducted a campus-wide energy audit where he mapped the electrical and gas consumption to help understand how to reduce university inefficiencies. His past work experience with REMC—a commercial office space company—provided him a rare opportunity to learn operations and managerial techniques from industry experts. Cameron’s familiarity with office space environs and B.S. degree landed him the job at ROC. When he’s not touring the country wearing his John Deere trucker hat, Cameron is focused on helping ROC cultivate new activity related to clean and green technologies.
Angel Redondo
Environmental Integration
Small towns churn out big successes. Note: Jessica Biel—Hollywood A-lister—from Ely, Minnesota; Justin Bieber—Teen-pop sensation—Stratford, Ontario; Angel Redondo—ROC Heavyweight—Huelva, South of Spain. Small towns create tight family bonds…think The Godfather trilogy. Angel Redondo’s story is no different. He grew up redirecting small streams of potable water to his family’s thatched-roof hut and wrestling tadpoles. Summers were spent in Ashland, Ohio, where milking cows and showing his Brown Swiss Betsy earned him enough dough to ride the merry-go-round at the Ohio State Fair.
Angel went on to study law and complete his MBA in Madrid. The real beauty of Angel lies not in his curriculum vitae, but his charisma and charm. He’s mastered the art of smiling and nodding his head. His facial bone structure questions origins of the infamous Blue Steel. His Spanish accent calls to attention flocks of pearly white swans. And his fragrance attracts leaders of the Pantherinae, who beg for his governance.
Angel worked in M&A at Telefonica in Ireland, the U.K., and Madrid, where his underwriting skills flourished—he can smell a risky loan or savage bet from miles away. Angel enjoys every waking minute of life with a smile and positive attitude. He’s a half-full-cup kind of guy, so long as its orxata or sangria.