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Our story

Growth, With Purpose

The genesis of B.HOM Student Living came about naturally. Our partners expressed a growing desire to invest in the student housing market, and B.HOM Student Living had the operating platform to support this niche service.

We married our long-standing platform with one of the most well-respected, singularly-focused, student housing leaders in the industry to develop what we believe is a specialized management team.

Our vision

To Exceed Partners'
Expectations

B.HOM Student Living has an established foundation of experience, resources and partnerships which we acquired over the course of our 37-year history. We leverage this foundation to provide partners with superior products and services that are customized to meet their unique needs.

Our core values combined with our national support services enables B.HOM Student Living to immediately improve operations and increase the value of your investment.

OUR TEAM

Executive Leadership

Bryan Shelangoski

Chief Operating Officer

Bryan Shelangoski serves as B.HOM’s Chief Operating Officer. Bryan leads the company’s operational strategy and oversight, bringing a wealth of experience and a deep decades-long understanding of the student housing industry.

Bryan Shelangoski

Chief Operating Officer

Bryan began his career managing on-campus housing at Kenyon College before joining EdR, which later became part of Greystar. Since 2013, he has held senior leadership roles, most recently serving as Managing Director of Operations. In that role, Bryan oversaw a portfolio of more than 80,000 beds across owned on-campus partnerships, fee-managed on-campus communities, and fee-managed off-campus properties.

In his role at B.HOM, Bryan oversees all aspects of the company’s national portfolio of approximately 34,000 beds. He will focus on driving growth across both on-campus and off-campus communities, while also expanding B.HOM’s third-party management business. Bryan is fully dedicated to guiding the company’s operational vision, aligning teams and systems to support scalable growth and exceptional service delivery. His leadership marks a new chapter for B.HOM as it continues to expand its footprint and elevate its impact in the student housing space.

Elizabeth Bonavita

Vice President, Operations

Elizabeth Bonavita serves as Vice President of Operations at B.HOM Student Living. With over 15 years in student housing, she leads national operations, driving growth, optimizing performance, and delivering results across the company’s portfolio.

Elizabeth Bonavita

Vice President, Operations

Elizabeth oversees B.HOM’s operations nationwide, connecting strategic goals with day-to-day execution to ensure consistency and strong performance. She is passionate about supporting and empowering her teams, helping leaders grow, and ensuring everyone can perform at their best. She strives to drive growth, identify expansion opportunities, optimize property performance, and enhance operational efficiency, all while leading her teams to achieve both short-term wins and long-term success.

Elizabeth earned her B.S. in Business Management and Psychology from Radford University. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling and spending quality time with her family.

Shelby Sladick

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

As Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Shelby Sladick oversees national leasing, sales, and marketing strategy for B.HOM Student Living. She leads a dynamic team focused on driving occupancy, strengthening brand presence, and delivering innovative results across a diverse student housing portfolio.

Shelby Sladick

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

As Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Shelby Sladick leads national strategy across B.HOM Student Living’s growing portfolio. With more than a decade of experience in property management, she has successfully launched over 28 new developments while also overseeing stabilized communities across multiple markets. Shelby’s career spans the full property lifecycle, from pre-leasing momentum and move-in execution to long-term occupancy and resident experience management. In her previous role, she directed new developments and stabilized operations and led a team overseeing sales and marketing for more than 75 properties across 57 cities and 59 universities. Shelby is passionate about building brands from the ground up, collaborating with teams, and translating vision into results. Outside of work, Shelby enjoys spending time with her husband and their 3 dogs, running, and traveling. 

Michael Ross

Vice President, Human Resources

With more than two decades of experience, Michael Ross has built a diverse career in Human Resources leadership spanning the real estate, retail, and healthcare sectors.

Michael Ross

Vice President, Human Resources

He has guided HR teams and strategies at organizations including Target, Hess Corporation, Pinnacle Property Management Services, and VillageMD, where he supported HR functions across multiple brands. Michael earned his bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Brockport and holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification. A longtime Florida resident since 2001, he now calls Orlando home.

Sarah Nelson

Director of Property Operations Support

With a career rooted in student housing and a passion for operational excellence, Sarah Nelson brings a wealth of experience and energy to her role as Director of Property Operations Support at B.HOM Student Living.

Sarah Nelson

Director of Property Operations Support

Sarah Nelson is the Director of Property Operations Support at B.HOM Student Living, where she leads operations support, training, and the floating team. With a Bachelor of Science in Restaurant, Hotel, and Institutional Management from Texas Tech University, Sarah began her career as a Community Assistant and after a brief foray into resort restaurant management, she returned to her true passion—student housing—quickly advanced through roles at American Campus Communities and Balfour Beatty Communities, joining B.HOM’s corporate support team in 2018. Known for her strategic mindset and commitment to operational excellence, Sarah is driven by a desire to streamline processes and empower on-site teams. Her deep industry experience and hands-on leadership style make her a trusted resource and advocate for efficiency, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Chris Berger

Director of Business Development

Chris Berger, serving as the Director of Business Development for B.Hom, leverages more than ten years of on-site student housing expertise and successfully progressed through multiple roles throughout his career.

Chris Berger

Director of Business Development

A Texas Tech University graduate, he has earned multiple industry awards including Campus Advantage Team Member of the Year 2025. Chris successfully managed a 1,005-bed property to 100% occupancy for two consecutive years while achieving 8% rent growth during the pandemic. In his current business development role, he has secured over $2 million in third-party management agreements across 17 properties. Beyond his professional achievements, Chris serves on a Public Improvement District board, leading community development initiatives including a $600,000 neighborhood walking trail project.

Chris Bedford

Director of Accounting

Chris Bedford is the Director of Accounting for B.HOM Student Living and oversees an ever-growing portfolio of assets that span from coast to coast.

Chris Bedford

Director of Accounting

Chris has overseen exponential growth of the B.HOM Student Living portfolio over the decade plus of experience with the organization. With this growth he has  experienced working with a multitude of different ownership entity structures, both public and private, with different reporting requirements including SOX compliance. Throughout his career, he has been focused on making areas with the department more efficient and has built up and trained multiple accounting teams and supervisors within the department. Chris graduated from Iowa State University in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance.

Jeremy Cumbo

Director of Facilities and Construction

Jeremy Cumbo is the National Director of Maintenance for B.HOM Student Living. He has worked in the student housing sector his whole career.

Jeremy Cumbo

Director of Facilities and Construction

Jeremy began his career in property management as a leasing consultant where he quickly learned that leasing was not for him and that maintenance was his passion and the path he wanted to follow. His prior experience includes Peak Campus Management where he held many positions from onsite maintenance, national facilities, and construction management.

Jeremy graduated from North Carolina State University with a bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Business.

Principals

Andrew Stark

Principal

Andrew is a founding Principal of Timberline Ventures where he leverages his 25 years of hands-on real estate experience.

Andrew Stark

Principal

Widely regarded as an entrepreneurial and innovative thinker in the real estate industry, Andrew’s experience crosses many disciplines including, legal, finance, land development, construction, strategic planning and capital markets. Under Andrew’s leadership, he grew the Campus Evolution Villages brand to approximately 10,000 beds since his launching of the company in 2012. Campus Evolution was recognized as a leader in student housing and has gained ranking as a top 20 student housing owner by Student Housing Business.

Student housing is not new to Andrew, as Mr. Stark was instrumental in launching American Campus Communities (NASDAQ: ACC), an early student housing company, which later went on to be the first company in the sector to go public on a US stock exchange. Andrew and his partners brought the capital to ACC to acquire its first asset and then acquired the company, built-out the management team and provided all growth capital leading up to its IPO. This initial venture was successful in bringing creative thinking and capital to this student housing vehicle in a sector that was in its infancy.

Nathaniel Fowler

Principal

Today Nathaniel serves as Executive Vice President of B.HOM Student Living, a part of the BH Management Services organization with more than 106,000 residential apartments under management.

Nathaniel Fowler

Principal

With over 15 years of hands-on real estate, private equity and investment banking experience, Nathaniel has been a leader in all aspects of real estate analysis, acquisitions, asset management, capital raising and operations for high-net-worth and institutional investment partners. Nathaniel partnered with Andrew Stark in 2012 and launched Campus Evolution Villages growing the company from two employees to a top 20 student housing owner/operator with more than 250 employees across the country. Today Nathaniel serves as Executive Vice President of B.HOM Student Living, part of the Pinnacle organization with over 165,000 residential apartments under management.

Prior to launching Campus Evolution Villages, he worked in the Investment Banking group at Cantor Fitzgerald where he helped execute various strategic advisory transactions and capital raises for alternative investment funds, structured investment vehicles, traditional private placements, primary and secondary offerings as well as equity-linked, preferred, debt and mezzanine securities. Previously, he worked on the investment and asset management team for a value-add private equity fund at LaSalle Investment Management, where he helped acquire over $2 billion in real estate assets on behalf of institutional investors. Nathaniel graduated from the University of Notre Dame and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.