Pacific Union International, Inc.

1625 Shattuck Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94709

Web Address: www.geristern.com

Email: geristern@gmail.com

California State University Long Beach

Long Beach, California

B.S.N., January, 1975

Texas Women’s University

Houston, Texas

M.S.N., August 1978

• Project Manager for approx. 10 home renovations/year for clients. (This is in addition to all other sales.)
• Residential Real Estate Agent. 
• Listing and Selling Residential & Income properties.
• Marketing through creative advertisements including a monthly newsletter to over 4500 clients, guest columnist for West County Times & El Cerrito Journal (Montclarion).
• Excellent communication & negotiation skills for accomplishing the goals of Buyers & Sellers.
• Working with accountants, attorneys, architects, bankers, builders, contractors, developers, and engineers
• Coordinating marketing plans through final close of escrow
• Senior Real Estate Specialist SRES^®
• Council of Residential Specialists, CRS
• 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange Specialist, Residential Income Properties

• Employed as a Psychiatric Nurse; holding positions from staff to Head Nurse & Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner; in both in & out patient settings).
• Responsible for teaching Nursing and Medical Students; practicing individual, marital, and group psychotherapy, as well as being licensed to prescribe psychatric medications in private practice

• Member; West Contra Costa Association of Realtors^®  
• Member; El Cerrito Foundation
• Board of Directors; Soroptimist International El Cerrito
• Mentor, Berkeley High School; Starting Blocks Program 
• Board of Directors, West Contra Costa Salesian Boys and Girls Club