Cathie Hood is the Senior Vice President of Protea’s Multi-family Division. Ms. Hood has been involved in the Real Estate Industry for the last 36 years. Her diversified background includes all facets of property management operations and major property renovations. Throughout the years Ms. Hood has worked for some of the nation’s leaders, successfully obtaining awards in marketing, client relationships, outstanding achievement, financial accountability, business development and asset rehabilitation and property renovation

Enthusiastic and motivating, team leader Huyen “Wee” Reed joined Protea Real Estate in January 1997.   Her background includes “A”, “B”, and “C” multi-family communities, homeowner association management, new construction lease-up, student properties, conventional, moderate-income, and HUD financing.   Huyen has a positive approach to all situations, strong common sense, and an outgoing personality. In addition, she provides sensational customer service and resident relations skills. She also can hire, train, and motivate an award-winning team. Experience in interior and exterior renovations, new construction, maintenance, and market analysis. Proficient in OneSite and Skyline software.

Patricia Doles currently holds the position as Controller of Gundle Holdings, Inc. dba Protea Real Estate.
Ms Doles came to Texas from Tennessee in 1978 and has been in the real estate industry since 1980. Along with working in property management, Ms Doles has also been involved in real estate development and construction.
She came to Protea Real Estate in 1990 as assistant controller. Ms Doles was promoted to the position of controller in 1995.
Ms Doles attended Jackson State Community College in Jackson, Tennessee and also San Antonio College in San Antonio, Texas.

Lawrence Traub joined Protea in 2011. Since then, he has worked his way up the company ladder. He has worked as a leasing agent, assistant property manager, property manager, and regional supervisor. He is currently the President of Protea Real Estate. Lawrence oversees setting up new properties in OneSite as well as keeping up with the changing real estate laws. He also leads the supervisor and manager’s meetings and making sure all on-site employees are trained on the latest changes to OneSite, Fair Housing, and the changing property laws. He has a degree in Business Administration from The University of Texas at Dallas.

Sandra Martin has 20+ years of real estate experience as a commercial property manager at Protea Real Estate. She holds a Texas real estate salesperson license and currently manages over 500,000 square feet of retail and office space in DFW. Prior to relocating to the United States, Sandra worked in various law firms in Canada and was the Assistant Editor of Canada’s overseas military newspaper in Germany, Der Kanadier