A founding member of CACM. She was among the first 35 managers to receive the Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM) certification in 1993. She was elected to the Board of Directors of CACM in 1994 and was elected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Board in 2000. During her time on the Executive Committee she served as both the Treasurer and Chairperson. Linnea has authored and currently instructs two of the five core courses required to achieve the CCAM; “Financial Management for California Common Interest Developments” and “Ethics for California Community Association Managers”. The CCAM is the only professional certification for the HOA industry specific to California managers. She also authored “Advanced Budgeting for CID’s” for CACM and continues to work with CACM to update these courses as changes to the law require.

Linnea was awarded the Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) designation by the Community Association’s Institute (CAI) in May 1990 She is a senior instructor for CAI’s Professional Management Development Program courses. She is also the author and instructor of the CAI course “Bookkeeping for Community Associations”. Linnea is a past Chairperson of the CAI National Accountants Committee as well.