Leadership

Scott Meardon, CMCA®, PCAM®

President Close

Scott Meardon is President and CEO of Community Group, Inc. which has a full time staff in excess of 100 employees and is responsible for the... Learn more management of over 50,000 homes in approximately 290 community associations. He has been involved in residential property management on a day-to-day basis for the past thirty years and has been with Community Group since 1984.

Professionally, he has earned the Certified Manager of Community Associations designation (CMCA®), the Professional Community Association Manager designation (PCAM®) from CAI, and the Certified Property Manager designation (CPM®) from the Institute of Real Estate Management.

Scott received a Bachelor's Degree in Math and Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and his MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Additional areas of study include completion of the Professional Management Development Program at CAI and the Institute of Real Estate Management course work.

Originally from Long Island, he has now been a Richmond, Virginia resident for over 30 years. He and his wife of 22 years, Karen, have a daughter and a son. He also keeps fit as a he jogs and plays in a racquetball league year round.

Scott is dedicated to continued growth of the company which has become the largest community association management firm in Virginia. He is also committed to the continued increase of professionalism in the community association industry through the education of association volunteers and professionals.

Van Cobbs

Chief Financial Officer Close

Van Cobbs is a Senior Vice President and principal of Community Group, and is responsible for the operations of all the company's data processing... Learn more systems and corporate accounting. He has developed extensive experience in accounting and computer systems since co-founding the company in 1983, and is the person responsible for the development and integration of all the company's acclaimed Management Information Systems software.

Van graduated from the University of Alabama with a BSBA degree in accounting, is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer..

Craig Koss

Senior Vice President, Accounting Liaison Close

Koss is responsible for the oversight of 13 Associa branch offices throughout the United States. His responsibilities in this capacity include... Learn more serving as a mentor to the branch CEO’s to help them achieve Associa’s core corporate objectives as well as uphold Associa corporate policies. Koss also educates each CEO in a variety of areas including how to improve company performance, business planning and innovation.

Additionally, Koss serves as the SVP liaison to the corporate accounting department and is the business analyst for the SVP team, as well as participating on the Associa Education Committee. Koss previously served as the CEO of Kramer-Triad Management Group in Michigan and has worked in the community association management industry for nearly 30 years, including 17 years with Kramer-Triad. He was promoted to RVP in 2008.

Koss holds both the AMS and PCAM designations from the Community Associations Institute (CAI) and previously served on the Education Committee and Managers Networking Committee for CAI. He was also an inaugural board member and served five years on CAI’s Association of Professional Community Managers (APCM). He was appointed to CAI’s board of Trustees and is a current member of the CAI Designation Ethics Committee. Koss received CAI’s Excellence Award in 2006.

An inaugural member of the Associa Ambassadors Circle, Koss and his wife are the parents of two children. He enjoys boating, hunting, fishing, but has one true passion – Michigan Football.

Favorite Quote – “What the mind can conceive, the mind can achieve and those who stay will be Champions.” – Bo Schembechler