Brian Davis

Speaking on national rental market trends.

Brian has over eleven years in the real estate investing industry, with experience as a lender, inspector, renovation investor, landlord and for the last six years as the Vice President of EZLandlordForms.  He has served as a rental industry expert on programs ranging from CBS Radio to The Wall Street Business Network to WebTalkRadio, and in his spare time he loves hiking, tennis, brewing beer and time spent outdoors.

Brooke Goldberg

Speaking on changes within the DoD and how these changes impact housing in military communities.

Brooke Goldberg joined the National Military Family Association as a Deputy Director of Government Relations in 2013. She conducts research, monitors issues, and performs outreach and advocacy for military families. Her portfolio includes quality of life issues pertaining to military spouse education, employment, credentialing, financial literacy, commissaries (DeCA), Exchange, relocation, and military construction. Brooke represents a voice for military families on The Military Coalition’s Personnel, Compensation & Commissaries committee,Guard & Reserve committee, and Morale, Welfare, Recreation & Military Construction committee. She is a member of the Department of Defense Spouse Ambassador Network, the Department of Defense Financial Readiness Campaign, and serves on Military Saves Advisory Committee.

Amy Bushatz

Army Spouse

Amy is the managing editor of Military.com’s spouse and family blog SpouseBuzz.com and an associate editor of Military.com. Amy oversees, writes and edits content for SpouseBuzz as well as working with the blog’s many guest contributors. Amy also covers spouse and family news for Military.com. Prior to joining Military.com, Amy worked as a staff writer for The Federal Times and Politico. She also covered local Washington, D.C. news for The Washington (D.C.) Times. An Army wife and mother of two, Amy has been featured as a military family subject matter expert on NPR and in the New York Times.

Amanda Crowe

Navy Spouse

Amanda Patterson Crowe is the Executive Director of In Gear Career, a nonprofit dedicated to facilitating networking connections for military spouse professionals. She is a Navy veteran and has been married to her husband, a Navy Chief, for six years. Amanda’s passion for working with military families began while serving as ombudsman at a past command, and has now turned into a full-time job serving career-minded military spouses. Amanda currently lives in Tampa, FL with her husband, son and German Shepherd.

Adrianna Lupher-Domingos

Air Force Spouse

Adrianna Domingos-Lupher is an 8 year Air Force spouse who has PCSed 3 times and is an absentee landlord. She co-founded Military Spouse Bloggers (MSB New Media, LLC) and is the creator of Military Money Chica.  She holds a BA and MA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has successfully got her finger on the pulse of the challenges that military spouses face when attempting to merge professional aspirations with the demands of a military family.

Kristine Schellhaas

Marine Corps Spouse

Kristine, the founder of USMC Life, has spent 17 years together with her Marine. She and her current active duty Marine have had three children, several duty stations, and a wealth of life experiences to rely upon. She has endured four wartime deployments, been involved in many volunteer programs, clubs, and more.Kristine has both a BBA in Business Management and a BBA in HR Management from Boise State University as well as an MA in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.

Kimberly Suchek

Army National Guard Spouse

Kimberly Suchek is passionate about quality of life issues for military families. She has been married to an Army National Guard soldier for 15 years and; lives and understands the different challenges the military lifestyle presents before, during and after deployments; she is concerned that military families do not know about all the programs and organizations that are there to help during the different transitions of military life.
Currently Kimberly is the author of: Operation Military Resources, which is a book full of over 1500+ resources for all branches of military and their families, Weekly Column Writer for Star & Stripes, Speaker and Freelance Writer for various other magazines, blogs and newspapers.

Shelley Kimball

Coast Guard Spouse

Shelley Kimball has been a Coast Guard spouse for 13 years, but as an Air Force daughter and an Army sister, military life has been a constant theme in her abundant and full life.  She writes a regular column for the Coast Guard about family life called From the Homefront. She is also a research analyst for Blue Star Families.  She just finished her 6^th move as a military spouse, bringing her total life moves to 17.
In 2013, Shelley was awarded the Armed Forces Insurance Coast Guard Spouse of the Year and Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Silver Level.

Brian Birdy

Speaking on Best Practices for Marketing to Military Renters

Brian A. Birdy served for 15 years in the United State Air Force before starting in Property Management.  In 2000, he earned his Texas Real Estate License and went to work in the family business at Birdy Properties, LLC, CRMC®.  In 2004, he received his Texas Real Estate Broker’s License and bought the company from his father.  Birdy Properties is a Real Estate Company that has specialized in Property Management for over 34 years.  Brian has taken the company from a one-man office with 75 doors to a business of 20 employees that manages over 1500 properties and collects over 19 million dollars in rent each year.  Brian has received his Residential Management Professional (RMP®) and Master Property Manager (MPM®) designations from NARPM®, and the Certified Property Manager (CPM) designation from IREM®.  He is an approved Property Management Instructor for both the State of Texas and NARPM®.

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