ROSSLYN BLEDSOE is the Assistant Controller for The Ratkovich Company with more than three decades of experience in finance and administration. She is currently TRC’s longest-serving employee other than its founder Wayne Ratkovich, having joined the team in 2007.

Rosslynn previously served as a Senior Accountant for Title Insurance Company of America before becoming the Director of Finance for the Wiltern Theatre in 1989, where she would work until coming to TRC. She also was the Administrative Assistant to the Culver City Fire Department Fire Marshal.

Rosslynn is a Native Angeleno. She holds a BS in Business Administration with an option in Real Estate from California State University at Northridge.

CYRUS CHINI joined The Ratkovich Company in June of 2020, after completing the Dollinger Master of Real Estate Development (MRED) program at the University of Southern California, where he also received a bachelor’s degree in finance.

Prior to attending graduate school, Cyrus was a commercial real estate broker and Vice President of Retail Investment Sales at REZA Investment Group. Cyrus became intrigued with the built environment after spending nine years in HR and management consulting with Mercer in both the U.S. and U.K. While living in London, Cyrus came to appreciate what a world-class city could be – walkable, connected, vibrant, design conscious, littered with green space, and full of thoughtfully curated mixed-use projects. Like TRC, Cyrus is on a mission to conscientiously improve the urban landscape of Los Angeles through a design-forward approach, while enhancing local community values and producing meaningful investment returns.

Cyrus’ expertise includes site analysis, financial modelling, project design, capital markets, leasing, and business development.

ERIKA DEACON is the Assistant Property Manager at The Alhambra office campus. She started with The Ratkovich Company (TRC) as a Property Assistant in May of 2013, subsequently becoming responsible for Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable and then Lease Administration. In February of 2018, she was promoted to Operations Manager and then to Assistant Property Manager in 2022.

Erika serves on the Board of the Alhambra Rotary Charities Foundation and on the Board of the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Foundation.

Prior to joining TRC, Erika worked in San Diego as an office manager and taught at the Navy College, in addition to working as a private one-on-one tutor with students.

Erika graduated from the University of California San Diego with a double major in history and psychology. She earned a master’s degree, with honors, in history from Kings College London.

ANA GUARDADO has been with The Ratkovich Company for over 20 years. After starting as the property assistant at The Alhambra, Ana trained, learned, and performed various office duties until landing her current position as Manager of Lease Administration. Prior to working with The Ratkovich Company, she worked with the parking industry at various buildings.

Ana completed her certification in Business Accounting through Cerritos College. She also assisted with the implementation of Yardi at various locations.

She lives with her two children, Will and Sandra, her son-in-law Jayson, and their two dogs (Thor and Loki).

KEVIN HOUSER is Senior Vice President Property Management at The Ratkovich Company (TRC) with more than three decades of experience in the Property Management Field. Kevin has been with TRC for 10 years and prior to that time spent 13 years with Hines in their Property Management Division. During his career Kevin has overseen approximately 15 million square feet of Office Buildings throughout California and Texas. Kevin is currently managing The Alhambra Office Community Campus, which is an approximately 1,000,000 square foot, 17 building Office Campus along with a 17,838 square foot Retail Center located in the City of Alhambra.

Kevin graduated from California Polytechnic University, Pomona with a BS in Business Management. Kevin also obtained his Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation from BOMA. In addition, Kevin has been a volunteer with the Pasadena Tournament of Roses for 30 years and is on the Board of Directors for the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce, serving as Treasurer.

MILAN RATKOVICH is the Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President of The Ratkovich Company (TRC). Milan began his career at TRC in 1992 as a financial analyst. In 1996, Milan left TRC to join the United States Marine Corps, serving for 9 years as a Naval Aviator.

In 2005, Milan rejoined TRC and has since held positions of Assistant Development Manager, Development Manager and Senior Development Manager. He currently serves as TRC’s Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President.

Milan has managed and overseen all of TRC’s current projects including: The Alhambra – a 1 million square foot, 45-acre mixed-use campus; 5900 Wilshire – a 460,000 square foot, 31 story high-rise located in the Miracle Mile; The Hercules Campus – 11 historic buildings consisting of over 530,000 square feet which was formerly the Hughes Aircraft facility and is now home to Google, YouTube and 72andSunny; The Bloc – a 1.9 million square foot mixed use development in Downtown Los Angeles; West Harbor – a waterfront retail development in the Port of Los Angeles; and most recently, The Bowcroft Collection – a 73,000 square foot repositioning of former manufacturing buildings into a creative office campus in the Culver City submarket of Los Angeles.

Milan has renovated and redeveloped properties that have garnered several awards including BOMA’s TOBY award for 5900 Wilshire and the Los Angeles Conservancy Preservation Award for The Hercules Campus.

Milan graduated from Loyola High School and the University of California at Los Angeles. He currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Jenny and sons Mason, Tyler, and Jake.

WAYNE RATKOVICH passed away on September 24, 2023.

Wayne was many things to many people: a loving husband, a caring father, a trusted friend and advisor, a mentor, a thoughtful listener, and a visionary in the world of real estate. His and his company’s work, including renovating landmarks in Los Angeles like the Art Deco Wiltern Theatre, the James Oviatt and Fine Arts buildings, The Hercules Campus at Playa Vista, and The Bloc in Downtown LA, will continue to impact people’s place in the built environment for generations to come.

Wayne had a talent for connecting with people. He was a wonderful storyteller and always had a fitting story or quip for the occasion. Wayne was somehow both larger than life and invariably authentic. Regardless of how, when, and where Wayne entered your life, you undoubtedly came away with a positive connection to him.

We are grateful to have known him, proud to have worked with him, and deeply saddened to see him go. Wayne’s legacy will live on through the company he founded and through each of us as we remain guided by his unwavering kindness and relentless optimism.

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WAYNE RATKOVICH founded The Ratkovich Company (TRC), whose mission is “to profitably produce developments that improve the quality of urban life.” Throughout his career, Wayne had an uncanny ability to see opportunities others missed.

TRC has a reputation for reimagining existing structures, reinventing their use, and revitalizing neighborhoods and communities that they work in. The firm’s urban developments include landmark properties brought back to life such as The Bloc, a dramatic $250 million transformation of the former Macy’s Plaza in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, and The Hercules Campus, an 11-building complex of historic former Hughes Aircraft Company Buildings now leased by Google and YouTube.

In 1977, Wayne started TRC by purchasing the Oviatt Building, a 12-story Art Deco gem in downtown Los Angeles that became a landmark renovation success with the Rex il Ristorante in the former ground floor men’s haberdashery. Later, TRC would reimagine The Wiltern Center, The Fine Arts Building, Chapman Market, and 5900 Wilshire, a 30-story office tower across from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, among others.

In 1999, Wayne purchased the 46-acre former CF Braun Engineering headquarters in his hometown and reinvented it into an education, health, and wellness campus called The Alhambra. This nearly one million square foot, 40-acre office campus produces 75% of its own power using Bloom Energy fuel cells and operates on 85% reduced water consumption thanks to a drought-tolerant native landscape setting.

The City of Los Angeles selected TRC to develop a 42-acre waterfront site on the LA waterfront in San Pedro called West Harbor. The Company is actively developing the site into a world class mixed-use dining, recreation, and entertainment destination. Wayne helped bring the iconic Hollywood restaurant, Yamashiro, to West Harbor.

In 2011, the Urban Land Institute named Ratkovich a Life Trustee, an honor given to fifteen members in the 80-year history of the 35,000-member organization. He was also a Trustee Emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Locally, Wayne served as co-chair of the California Hospital Medical Center’s capital campaign and as a board member of Homeboy Industries. Wayne received the Distinguished Businessperson Award from the USC Architectural Guild and the Design Advocate Development Award from the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, among many other illustrious awards in his career.

BRIAN SAENGER is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Ratkovich Company (TRC), a Los Angeles-based real estate development company specializing in urban infill and historic rehabilitation of landmark properties. He previously served as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel and was responsible for overseeing the Company’s operations, including development management, property management, and legal and administrative functions. The Los Angeles Business Journal continues to list Brian as one of the 500 Most Influential People in Los Angeles.

Brian is a respected business and civic leader in Los Angeles, having been asked to serve as a founding member of the UCLA Anderson Forecast Board of Advisors. The Forecast is one of the most widely watched and often-cited economic outlooks for California and the nation. It was the first major U.S. economic forecasting group to declare that the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had already begun. Founded in 1952, the Forecast has distinguished itself as the leading independent economic forecast for greater Los Angeles, the state of California, and the United States.

Brian is a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles County Business Federation (LA BizFed). He serves as the Founding Co-Chair of LA BizFed’s Executive Initiative and a past Co-Chair of LA BizFed’s Land Use, Housing, Development, Real Estate & CEQA Committee. Representing more than 180 business organizations and 400,000 employers with 3.5 million employees throughout L.A. County, LA BizFed advances policies and projects that strengthen the regional economy. Brian is a member of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce’s “The CEO Council,” an advisory group of top business leaders focused on ensuring affordable housing for middle-income families and building a workforce that is prepared for the good-paying jobs of the future.

Brian is a member of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and serves on the Urban Development and Mixed-Use Council. ULI is the oldest and largest network of cross-disciplinary real estate and land use experts in the world. He is also a member of the LAUSD Superintendent’s Business Advisory Council. Brian previously served on the Board of Directors for the California YMCA Youth & Government program and was a past Chair of the Board.

Brian joined The Ratkovich Company as the Vice President of Acquisitions and played a leading role in the Company’s acquisition of The Bloc, a 1.8 million square foot, mixed-use property in downtown Los Angeles consisting of retail, office and hospitality uses. He represented the Company in the successful negotiation of a 66-year ground lease for the development of West Harbor (formerly known as the San Pedro Public Market), a $150-million transformation of a 42-acre site along the Los Angeles waterfront in San Pedro.

Prior to joining the Company, Brian served as the Company’s outside counsel when he practiced with the international law firms of DLA Piper and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

Brian received his Juris Doctorate from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, with honors, where he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. Brian is a member of the State Bar of California and a licensed California real estate broker.

TEDDY STUTZ is a Senior Development Manager at The Ratkovich Company (TRC), where he is responsible for overseeing the development and asset management for the company’s existing assets, as well as underwriting, market analysis, and capitalization for new acquisitions.

Prior to joining TRC, Teddy was an acquisition and development associate at Boulevard Partners, an investment/development firm. While there, he assisted with acquisitions, as well as asset management, project management, and property management for the firm’s mixed-use portfolio.

Teddy was also an Assistant Vice President with the Structured Finance Group at George Smith Partners, a boutique real estate capital advisory firm where he assisted in closing over $900 million in debt, subordinate debt, and joint venture equity transactions across all asset classes.

Teddy received his Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

JOSEPH FILIPIAK is the Controller of The Ratkovich Company (TRC) and has overseen the Company’s corporate, development, and property accounting operations since 2000. Joseph is a Long Island, New York native and he began his career as a senior auditor with Deloitte in the New York financial district.

Joseph is a graduate of Adelphi University in Garden City, New York where he received his Bachelor of Business Administration degree. Joseph is a Certified Public Accountant who spent the earlier part of his career as Controller and CFO for various firms specialising in the construction industry including HVAC, Plumbing, Powerplant Overhaul, Landscaping, and Home Building contractors.

Prior to coming to TRC, Joe served as a financial consultant to the Luckman Management Company at Luckman Plaza in West Hollywood where he oversaw the corporate and property accounting operations for two high rise office towers.

In Joseph’s twenty plus year tenure with TRC, he has managed the accounting staff and operations for all of the Company’s properties, including the 40-acre Alhambra mixed-use campus, the mixed-use BLOC project in downtown Los Angeles, The Hercules Campus in Playa Vista, and the 5900 Wilshire property. Joseph also served in a key asset management role for TRC’s interest in the Sheraton Grand Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.