Brenda Wells the Executive Director of the Greater Lexington Apartment Association oversees the operations of the association in conjunction with the GLAA Board of Directors.

Brenda was born in Atlanta, Georgia where she completed High School in 1974, and immediately went to work as a Leasing Consultant for an apartment community while attending college.  She has continued to work in the multi-family housing industry for the past 35 years.

Brenda and her family relocated to Lexington, Kentucky in 1996 when her husband received a Professorship for the Department of Corrections and Juvenile Studies at Eastern Kentucky University.

Brenda accepted a position with the Greater Lexington Apartment Association in 1997 as the Executive Assistant, and was promoted to Executive Director in 1998.

Brenda has served on numerous committees, sub-committees and council in the last ten years for the National Apartment Association.  Some of these include the NAAEI Board of Directors, NAAEI Apartment Careers Committee, Communications Advisory Board, Strategic Plan Monitoring Committee, the Association Executive Council’s liaison to the Regional Vice Presidents, and the membership committee.  She has also served on the NAA Association Executive Council, as the Secretary, Vice President and was recently installed as the 2010 AEC President.

Brenda has served on numerous non-profit boards and committees in her community.   Some of which includes, the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Affordable Housing Task Force, the American Cancer Society, Volunteers of America, the Episcopal Church Women of Ohio, the Holly Theater Restoration Board, the Lexington Ballet Guild, the Atlanta Ballet Guild, Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, and the Scioto Memorial Hospital Guild. Just to name a few.

Micah Forman is the Assistant Director and Director of Marketing that oversees the front-end operations of the association and all marketing functions for the GLAA.

Micah grew up in Union, KY where he graduated from Larry A. Ryle High School. He then attended the University of Kentucky where he received a Bachelors of Business Administration with a double major in Marketing & Management. He began his mult-family housing career at The Mansion apartments as a leasing consultant where he received the GLAA 2010 Rookie of the Year award. After leasing at The Mansion, he was recruited as the Sales and Marketing Director for The Creeks properties working for Cottonwood Capital.

Micah is the newest member of our GLAA team and we are excited to have his skills and talents for the benefit of our association.