Management

Pete Kutzer

Pete Kutzer is President of The Kutzer Company. Mr. Kutzer received a B.A. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. Mr. Kutzer was formerly employed in the real estate investment banking group at Morgan Stanley & Co. in Los Angeles. He also previously held positions at Kidder, Peabody & Co. and at CB Richard Ellis. Mr. Kutzer is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and serves as President of the Board of Directors of the Armory Center for the Arts, and as Vice President of the South Pasadena Preservation Foundation. Mr. Kutzer has held leadership positions on numerous boards and charitable organizations, including the Institutional Review Board of Huntington Memorial Hospital, Young & Healthy, and as President of the Board of Education of the South Pasadena Unified School District. He is also actively involved in youth athletics.

Emily Adams

Emily Adams runs the accounting department at TKC, and is responsible for all aspects of financial management, reporting, and information technology. Ms. Adams received a BA degree from California Polytechnic University.

Rachel Barker

Rachel Barker is an Assistant Manager at TKC. Ms. Barker formerly worked at Wells Fargo Bank, and as an Intern at TKC, and returned to the firm in 2010. Ms. Barker received her B.A. degree from the University of California at Irvine.

Christa Durfee

Christa Durfee has over fifteen years experience as a Manager at TKC, and has overseen office, retail, and industrial management projects. Prior to coming to TKC, Ms. Durfee worked for The Cook-Holman Management Company, managing several properties in the Los Angeles area. Ms. Durfee received her degree in Speech Communications at California State University, Long Beach.

Alejandra Paredes

Alex Paredes has over fifteen years experience as a Manager at TKC, and has worked on a variety of office, retail, and industrial projects, including assignments with sensitive historic buildings. Ms. Paredes received her B.A. in Business Administration and Management from Woodbury University. Ms. Paredes is also fluent in Spanish.

Claudia Rodriguez

Claudia Rodriquez has over fifteen years experience as a Manager at TKC, and has overseen office, retail, and industrial management projects. Ms. Rodriguez has worked primarily on high-quality office and retail projects, on behalf of individuals, private investment funds, and bank trust departments.

Monti Sanjai:

Ms. Sanjai is the Office Administrator at TKC, and also coordinates insurance compliance.

Susie Yu Yan

Susie Yan is an Assistant Manager at TKC, and has 20 years experience in banking and real estate. Ms. Yan served as Assistant Vice President and lending officer in the real estate group at Far East National Bank for ten years. Prior to that, she held private banking and lending positions at American Express Bank International, Mitsui Manufacturers Bank, and California Federal.

Marilyn Yan

Marilyn is a bookkeeper in the accounting department at TKC. She has been with the firm for three years, and formerly worked at Disney, and at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority.