About Us     Peak Team

Mike Zucker has owned and managed real estate in the Chicagoland area since 1992. His specialties include banking, client relations, project management, and overseeing the property management staff. Mike Zucker spends his free time with his three children, coaching and playing sports, and volunteering his time for numerous organizations.  Mike once aspired to be an Olympic ping-pong champion.

Kenny Motew has also owned and managed real estate in the Chicago area since 1992. He maintains solid banking, client and tenant relationships and oversees the daily operations of Peak Construction. In his free time, Kenny is active in cycling, his children’s youth hockey leagues, and advocates the preservation of the natural habitat of white tailed deer in Illinois.

Tim Fitting has over 15 years of experience as a licensed heating and cooling contractor. In 1998, Tim's Heating and Cooling joined the Peak Properties team, solidifying his role as an integral part of the superior customer service that Peak Properties provides our tenants and building owners.  Tim is an avid hunter, but not much of a gatherer.

Laury Burke handles bookkeeping duties for rental properties, as well as condominium associations. She’s able to manually keep score in bowling, enjoys live music, and is considered somewhat of a fast-food connoisseur.

Claudia Herlo is our office manager, head bookkeeper, and has been an integral part of Peak Properties since our very first days.  She loves spicy food and takes no guff…seriously.  No guff.      

Dave Clemente is our head property manager has been managing rental and commercial properties since 1997.  Dave coordinates maintenance and service requests, is well acquainted with each and every property that Peak manages, and also oversees our staff of janitors and building engineers.  He’s a lifelong Mets, Jets and Knicks fan, but we won’t hold that against him. 

Eva Eisenberg has more than 12 years of leasing experience, and her extensive knowledge of Chicago's North Side is invaluable in helping our tenants find the apartments and neighborhoods that suit them best.  Eva is a lifelong Chicago Cub’s fan, and currently has a crush on Carlos Zambrano. 

Jason Saltzman has an extensive background in customer service, and currently handles commercial properties, oversees small to midsized rehab projects, and works with our bookkeeping staff to help ensure timely collections. He enjoys playing pick-up basketball and is possibly showing signs of a shoe addiction.       

Natalie Esposito has performed a variety of duties at Peak Properties and is our newest leasing agent.  Her past experience in building maintenance and her familiarity with local neighborhoods and Peak’s buildings enable her to offer unique insight to our prospective tenants looking for the neighborhood, building, and apartment that best suits them.

Angie Abraham is the most recent addition to the bookkeeping team here at Peak Properties, and handles some of our newest clients, specifically our commercial tenants. Angie’s familiarity with commercial accounts allows us to offer our clients a management and bookkeeping team well acquainted with a wide range of commercial tenants, from local shops and boutiques to office suites and large national chains.

Hayley Gallagher is our assistant property manager and handles most calls that come in from our tenants on a daily basis.  Hayley works closely with our maintenance and management staff to ensure that any and all of our tenants’ issues are addressed as quickly as possible.       

 Barb Skupien handles a variety of responsibilities that range from working with our leasing department to assisting our project managers and contractors with rehabs and light construction. Barb enjoys cooking, bean bag toss, and traveling. In fact, she and her husband recently returned from a year of traveling around the world, so she can say "hello" in a lot of different languages. Jambo.       

Amy Wukotich
Amy Wukotich brings a strong customer service and management background to Peak's condo department, and works closely with our building engineer and bookkeeping staff in overseeing our roster of condo associations. Amy is also a professional dog trainer, and in her spare time she enjoys participating in agility competitions with her Doberman Pinschers.

Martin Machala is the building engineer responsible for overseeing condominiums and works closely with the lead property manger on a day to day basis. Martin’s experience in electrical contracting and construction assures our condo associations that the preventative maintenance and general upkeep of their properties is handled and overseen by responsible professionals, working in cooperation with, and overseen by, Peak.