Hello ! My name is Kim
Kim Rhodes is the mother of 4, she and her husband bought a home in Palos Verdes Estates (PVE) in 2017. She shares your love for the PVE community and is committed to making positive contributions as a neighbor and community member
Professional Background: Currently, Kim is a Director in the Career Office at Loyola Marymount University where her youngest son is a student. She leads the employer relations team and teaches a first year orientation course. Kim has spent most of her career as a corporate executive, board secretary and attorney in tech, fintech and health services for global enterprises (IBM, SAP, Citibank, Walgreens) and high growth start-up businesses. She has published peer-reviewed law journal articles on emerging technology, privacy and security topics. Kim earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and JD from Villanova University School of Law.
Volunteer Leadership: An advocate for civic engagement, Kim is the founder and board chair of a national nonprofit benefiting cancer research. In the PVE community, Kim served as a volunteer member of the Palos Verdes Homeowners Associations (PVHA) Elections Committee in 2020 and the City of PVE Parklands Committee from 2020-2022. She is also a PVPUSD parent who was class parent at Lunada Bay Elementary and a Board member and Secretary to the PVIS Booster Club 2020-2023. In 2021, Kim launched a community trash collection effort called ‘Heal the Hill’ and has annually organized Penninsula wide clean-ups of parks, trails and school areas. During the pandemic, she organized a July 4th parade and outdoor Halloween trunk or treat for families and advocated for the Santa tour coordinated by the PVE police.
Kim would like PVHA to better serve homeowners in PVE. Working with PVHA should be collaborative and support homeowners and home values. Kim is running for the PVHA Board because elected representatives are fundamental to organizational governance. In the last several decades, there has been an elected board only once because a quorum has not been reached. Self-appointed leaders, antiquated practices, lack of transparency, inadequate guidelines, inconsistent rules enforcement, unnecessary delays, preferential treatment for connected architects and designers has been tolerated for too long. The PVHA should be a partner and advocate for shared community goals - transformation is long overdue!