Ms Coombs is responsible for property operations in the Northern California and Pacific Northwest regions. These two regions include approximately 13,000 apartment homes in Seattle, San Francisco, San Jose and the East Bay.

Prior to joining AvalonBay in July 2003, Ms Coombs was Area Vice President for the Southern California region of Equity Residential Property Management. She had day-to-day operational responsibility for 15,000 multi-family units, including over 50 communities and more than 400 employees.

Ms. Coomb's multi-family experience began in 1984 in the Washington, D.C. area and transferred to the Northern California region as Divisional Manager for Trammell Crow Residential. Her diverse career included concept development, collateral design, exterior-interior amenity selection, marketing, budget projections and liaison between owners/developers and construction to provide quality control of new apartment communities.

From 1989 to 1994, Ms. Coombs was the Regional Director of Operations for Lexford Properties of Dallas, Texas. She managed a portfolio of 5,000 multi-family units in Washington and Oregon.

Ms. Coombs received her BA Degree in Education with Distinction from Purdue University. She is presently on the California Apartment Association's Leadership Council and Strategic Planning Committee. She was the 2005 President of the South Coast Apartment Association, a chapter of the California Apartment Association representing landlords throughout Orange and Southern Los Angeles Counties. Ms. Coombs is a Certified Property Manager ("CPM").