PVHA Board Election

Meet the Reform Candidates

For the 2027 Palos Verdes Homes Association election, Brian Pressman, Kim Rhodes, and Carolyn Behrendt are running together on one platform: real elections, open books, and an Association that works for homeowners, while protecting what makes PVE special. Vote for all three.

Official Slate

Three Voices for Reform

Our candidates bring the professional experience, legal insight, and fiscal discipline needed to restore trust, transparency, and real representation to every PVHA neighborhood.

Board Candidate
Board Candidate
Board Candidate

Brian Pressman

The homeowner who went to court so your vote would count.

Kim Rhodes

Attorney and nonprofit leader, running a fourth time because her votes were never counted.

Carolyn Behrendt

Grew up in PVE; Johns Hopkins–trained researcher who led a neighborhood wildfire-safety petition.

Key Pillars

Our Commitment to Members

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Election Reform

Protecting PVE's Character

Transparency & Open Records

Your vote will be counted.
Restore accountable governance after seventeen years without a valid Board election. Align quorum requirements with modern California HOA standards (the quorum is the rule that at least half of all homeowners must vote, or no votes are counted) so every ballot is opened and counted, and the Board follows its own election rules, transparently.

PVE's character stays protected.
Defend the covenants that protect our community's character. Make the Art Jury process faster and more predictable, and publish average review times every quarter. Support wildfire hardening improvements with minimal red tape.

You can see how decisions are made.
Provide full member access to Association documents, meeting minutes, and legal proceedings, as required by law. Post Board minutes within 14 days of each meeting. Restore walk-in office hours, cut from 24 hours a week to 8, and end practices that make it harder and more expensive for members to get answers or approvals.

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Your HOA's funds will be spent carefully. No fee increase without a member vote. Competitive bidding for major contracts, and legal spending members can see and question. A clear annual budget every member can check.

Fiscal Responsibilities

Full Bios

Brian Pressman

Brian has lived in Palos Verdes Estates with his family since 2021 and values the character, architecture, and open space that make PVE a unique place to live.

He is Managing Director of Marketing Science at OMD, one of the world's largest media and marketing agencies, where he leads a large analytics organization supporting national brands in financial services and consumer health, including Wells Fargo and Philips. He holds an MBA from the University of Hawaiʻi and a BS in Economics from Boston College.

Like many members, Brian watched PVHA's Board elections fail to reach quorum year after year, with thousands of ballots cast and never opened. After years of the Association ignoring internal reform efforts, including a Bylaws amendment initiative Brian personally led, he petitioned the Los Angeles Superior Court in July 2025 under Corporations Code § 7515, which allows the court to order how an election is held when it can't be held under the bylaws. Hundreds of neighbors signed declarations and dozens testified in person. A decision is expected October 7.

As a director, Brian will:

  • Make sure every ballot is opened and counted

  • Post Board minutes within 14 days of each meeting

  • Strengthen oversight of Association spending, with a budget every member can check

Carolyn Behrendt

Grew up in PVE. Brings a homeowner's experience and a researcher's eye for data to the Association.

Carolyn Behrendt grew up in Palos Verdes Estates and has owned her home here for more than 15 years. She loves the city's architecture, landscaping, and natural setting, and she wants to protect them.

Carolyn has been through the Art Jury process herself while renovating her home, so she knows what it's like from the homeowner's side.

She holds a PhD in epidemiology and biostatistics from Johns Hopkins University and recently retired after 16 years on the research faculty at City of Hope. In 2026, she organized a neighborhood petition to improve wildfire defensible space on the PV Golf Course parkland.

As a director, Carolyn will:

  • Make the Art Jury process clearer and more predictable, and publish average review times

  • Support wildfire safety improvements with less red tape

  • Bring data to Association decisions, with spending and results members can see

In her free time, she enjoys gardening, Baroque music, and hiking the Peninsula.

Kim Rhodes

Attorney and nonprofit leader, running a fourth time because her votes were never counted.

This is Kim's fourth time running for the PVHA Board. In each of her previous campaigns, the required quorum was not reached and the ballots were not counted. That experience has strengthened her commitment to meaningful homeowner participation and representative governance.

Kim, a mother of four, and her husband have called Palos Verdes Estates home since 2017. She served on the PVHA Elections Committee in 2020 and on the City's Parklands Committee from 2020–2022. She was also Secretary of the PVIS Booster Club, and in 2021 she launched Heal the Hill, a Peninsula-wide community cleanup initiative.

Kim is co-founder and Board Chair of the Pink Lemonade Stand Challenge, a national nonprofit supporting breast cancer research. Earlier in her career, she held senior executive, legal, and corporate governance roles at global companies including IBM, SAP, Citigroup, and Walgreens. She holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, and is admitted to the New York Bar.

As a director, Kim will:

  • Establish clearer, more consistently applied guidelines, including for Art Jury submissions

  • Improve PVHA's transparency and responsiveness to homeowners

  • Modernize outdated practices so PVHA works as a partner to the residents it serves

Cast Your Vote for Reform Candidates

Check your mail for the official PVHA election ballot packet and return your vote before the election deadline to make your voice count.

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