Polinger Company is pleased to announce several internal promotions.
We are happy to announce that Aminat Oladele has accepted the position of Systems and Training Manager and will begin Mid-April. Aminat has been at Highland House for approximately five years and started as a part-time Front Desk attendant and has moved her way up to Leasing Manager. 
During her tenure, she was instrumental in helping us integrate new software programs, rebranding the property to The Highlands of Chevy Chase, and help maintain occupancy. We are very excited Aminat will join us in the Systems and Training role and look forward to having everyone work with her.
It is with great pleasure we announce a rising star within our Polinger Company family with the well-deserved promotion of Antoin Thompson to Leasing Manager at Aura Pentagon City. 
Antoin exemplifies what it means to be an outstanding professional. Future goals include advancement to Property Manager and beyond. We all look forward to his future success at Polinger and thank him for being a part of our team.
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Sylvia Lantang to Director of Information Technology and Systems. Sylvia will oversee all of our computer systems, both hardware and software, for the main office and for the sites including Yardi training, implementation and problem solving, Dataprise oversight, SharePoint and similar systems. 
Sylvia started with us in May 2012 as a Leasing Specialist and then Assistant Property Manager at Highland House, until she became Systems Manager in February of 2018. We congratulate Sylvia on her new position and thank her for being part of the Polinger Company team!
Big congratulations to Valerie Ward who has been promoted to Assistant Property Manager of The Swift at Petworth Metro! She has been at The Swift, first as Concierge, then as a Leasing Specialist, since October of 2017. 
We are very proud of Valerie, excited to have her step up her responsibilities, and thank her for being part of the Polinger Company team.
JoAnn comes to us from LCOR where she had a portfolio of 6 communities that included class “A” assets two of which were in lease-up. She has over 20 years of experience in the Washington DC Metro. She is very involved in IREM for chapter 92 in Maryland, and she is the current President-Elect and has her CPM & ARM.
Shonda obtained her ARM (Accredited Residential Manager®) through the Institute of Real Estate Management in 2019. Shonda has also been an active participant in #WeArePolinger efforts. When Shonda is not leading the team at Congressional Towers, she enjoys spending time with family and raising her children with her husband Mitchell.
In addition to her duties at Brighton Village, she enjoys traveling and spending time with family and raising her children with her husband Mark. Her Regional Property Manager, Jesse Martinez, says about Pearl, “I have always wanted to work with Pearl and had the pleasure of joining the Brighton Village team in May 2019 and have been impressed with her hard work, dedication, and seeing her manage Brighton Village successfully.”
