Christa has been a Vice President for the Community Association Practice of USI Insurance Services since December 2019. Prior to joining USI, she spent 14 years as an Executive Manager within the community association industry. With an extensive background in working with Boards of Directors of condominiums and cooperatives, Christa possesses a very select skill set and expertise in developing comprehensive insurance and risk management programs designed to meet the unique needs of community associations.

Christa maintains the Association Management Specialist (AMS®) and Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM®) designations, is currently pursuing both the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) and Certified Insurance and Risk Management Specialist (CIRMS®) designations. She holds a Property & Casualty insurance license for DC, Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.

Christa is an Executive Committee member and Treasurer of the Washington Metropolitan Chapter of CAI’s (WMCCAI) Board of Directors. In 2021 she received the Chapter’s Rising Star award and in 2022, she received a Special Recognition Award for her service to the Policy Task Force Committee. She is also an active member of the Chesapeake Chapter of CAI (CRCCAI), where she serves as Chair of the Education Committee. In addition to her service for the local Chapters of CAI, she is an approved speaker and presenter for CAI National.

Mr. Rinard has been a counselor, litigator and debt collector for property owners’ associations and condominiums in Northern Virginia and Fredericksburg for over 18 years. Boards of directors can rely on his prompt legal advice at meetings often in executive session, in-between meetings over privileged communications, or to explain general legal principals at annual meetings of members when asked by the presiding officer.

As legal matters are typically contentious, Mr. Rinard also has extensive experience representing associations before tribunals such as the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Circuit Courts and General District Courts in Virginia, Virginia’s Common Interest Community Ombudsman and local counties’ Board of Supervisors. Virginia Code compliance and enforcement of covenant violations are frequent issues that he litigates.

Mr. Rinard is cost conscious in collecting debts owed to associations by quickly moving forward with litigation to prompt payment of assessments by delinquent owners. He has maintained dockets for unpaid assessments every month for the last 10 years in Stafford County and Spotsylvania County, and quarterly or less in Fredericksburg, Culpeper County and Orange County. He frequently files lawsuits for unpaid assessments in Fairfax County and Prince William County too.

With his colleagues, Mr. Rinard enjoys being a frequent speaker to managers, boards of directors and other owners.