PRESIDENT
Grant Nelson, President and Co-Founder of WCAHA, has been involved in West Chester Borough most of his life. For the past 25 years, he has managed real estate for several local condominiums and apartment complexes. He handles accounting and financial affairs as well as meeting the daily needs of renters, students and members of the West Chester community. Grant is a member of The Knights of Columbus, The West Chester Rotary Club, a member of The Institute of Management Accountants, and a Board member of PROA (Pennsylvania Residential Owner's Association).

V.P. TREASURER
David Marshall graduated in '91 from Penn State University with a BS in Quantitative Business Analysis and received an MBA from Lehigh University in '95. He locates, acquires, and manages properties in Chester County including; West Chester, Downingtown and Phoenixville. After almost 10 years of consulting in the computer industry, he has taken on real estate investing as a full time venture. Dave lives in East Bradford with his wife Whitney and their son Graham. Whitney owns and operates one of West Chester's finest retail stores Ashley & Whitney.

ASSISTANT TREASURER
Bob Kappe, graduated from Malvern Preparatory School in 1970. He formerly owned and managed the well recognized D-K Diner in West Chester. Starting his real estate career in the mid-70's, he has sold his portfolio of West Chester based properties and has diversified into condo conversions in New Jersey; developer participation projects, and international investments. Bob is also a dedicated hunter and conservationist, and enjoys spending time in the outdoors in remote destinations.

Grant Nelson, Bob Kappe, and Hank Hamilton

V.P. OF COMMUNICATIONS

Richard Willis

MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN

Keir Abrahams

V.P. SECRETARY

Hank Hamilton: One month after graduating from college, Hank purchased his first investment real estate in West Chester. Twenty-eight years later, he is still a borough resident and a landlord with 30 units in the Borough. During the day, Hank is the president, and one of the owners, of the Dane Decor furniture store chain.
Hank is the secretary of WCAHA, the vice-chair of the Downingtown Main Street Association and the chair of the streetscape committee which oversees the redevelopment the business district in Downingtown. In 2001, Hank was chosen as the Citizen of the Year by the Downingtown Chamber of Commerce for his work on the borough's streetscape.
Hank lives with his wife, Donna, a professor at West Chester University.

Jason Griggs, Director, graduated from Wilkes University in 1990 with a BS in Marketing. He purchased his first real estate investment in 1993 in Pottstown. While working in the waste industry, he began purchasing real estate in Ocean City N.J., then in 1997 he began a full time business managing his properties. In the year 2000 he purchased his first rental property in West Chester and started Semper Property Management Corp. For 2 years he has chaired the Limerick Township Planning Commision and is involved with the Wilkes University Alumni Association. He has great support at home by his wife Tamara and 3 children.

John O'Connell, Director, Director of First Resouce Bank, Managing Partner of West Chester Off Campus Housing LLC
Mr. O'Connell's career has taken him to The Nestle Company in various roles in the product sales group, Burger King Corporation as Director of Markieting in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Girard Bank as Director of Sales/Promotion, and Vice President of Sales for both Carlton Importing Company and Labatt's USA. In more recent years, Mr. O'Connell held the position of President of Renewable Energy Development Corporation. He presently serves as managing Partner of West Chester Off Campus Housing LLC, an owner and manager of student rental properties in the West Chester Area.
Mr. O'Connell graduated from ST. Joseph's University with a BS in Business Administration. he holds a MBA from Pace University and has completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.
Mr. O'Connell is a member of the Board of Directors of the West Chester Apartment Housing Association.

Bill Wilson, Jr., Director, with nearly two decades with commercial real estate experience, Mr. Wilson has leased over 2,750,000 square feet of office and industrial space, totaling over $250 million aggregate value.
Currently Bill is a Senior Associate with Liberman Earley and Company representing tenants, owners and investors with their commercial real estate requirements. Most recently, Mr. Wilson was the regional leasing director for Brandywine Realty Trust.
Mr. Wilson owns, manages and leases 87 apartment units and has acted as general contractor for renovations totaling over $900,000. He is a licensed Pennsylvania real estate broker, president of Commercial Industrial Investment Council of Chester County, a board member of Chester County Development Council, and Chester County Public Safety Training Foundation. Bill holds a B.S. majoring in finance and accounting from Penn State and a post baccalaureate in commercial real estate development from University of California Irvine and sponsored by NAIOP.