Kayla Turner has been a member of the Contemporary Management Concepts team since 2014. Over the past nine years, she has worked her way up from leasing consultant to property manager at several Gainesville properties, including overseeing new construction lease-up in 2020-2022 as property manager, City Place of Celebration Pointe.InNovember 2022 through February of this year Kayla served our company by managing The Vibe at Celebration Pointe and four other properties out of the CMC Student Properties office with a total unit count of 131. In February of 2023, when she no longer needed to fill in at CMC Student Properties, Kayla accepted an interim property manager role at one of our Jacksonville communities, Coventry Park, working three days a week there. Kayla takes on any challenge with an attitude of service to others and her team members and residents always respond well to her, as is evident by the frequent 5-star reviews she earns for providing excellent customer service to her residents. Kayla has also gained a reputation throughout north central Florida as a consummate professional in property management, winning the NCFAA’sAssistantPropertyManager of the Year in 2019 and, most recently, recognition from the Guide to Greater Gainesville’sas a part of 2023 class of Fearlessly Authentic Fierce Award recipients. Despite any challenge, Kayla has shown her ability to rise to the occasion and do it with grace. She is flexible, empathetic and works well under pressure. Kayla’s commitment to excellence epitomizes CMC’s Core Values of integrity, Service, Expertise, Commitment, and community and we couldn’t be prouder to recognize her as our first honoree of 2023 as Employee of the Month for January.