Lyn Lansdale is the Vice President of Strategic Business Services for AvalonBay Communities. In this position, Ms. Lansdale has responsibility for the due diligence, negotiation, and selection of telecommunications, Internet, and other service providers for new construction communities and the existing portfolio. Ms. Lansdale's group within AvalonBay Communities, Inc. acts as an incubation group for new products, services and business processes such as revenue management -- designing and implementing pilot programs for possible company-wide implementation. In addition, Ms. Lansdale is involved in the investigation and implementation of specific utility reimbursement, procurement, energy efficiency and energy conservation initiatives throughout the portfolio.

Ms. Lansdale began her career with the company in June 1989 as Regional Manager for Trammell Crow Residential in the Mid Atlantic region where she remained on the operations side for seven years. She also assisted with Human Resources functions and training for several of those years. In 1996, she assumed her current position. She is an active member of the National Multi-Housing Council, participating in various lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill on behalf of multi-family apartment owners and is has served on the Board of the Independent Multi-family Communications Council (IMCC).

Prior to joining the AvalonBay predecessor company in 1989, Ms. Lansdale worked in the hotel industry in the all-suite extended stay segment for five years. She holds an MBA from The Darden School at the University of Virginia and is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and the Honors College.