Linda Mele
Senior Project Manager
Ms. Mele has been in the construction industry for over 10 years and has aided in the delivery of 1000 units. Prior to her construction career, Ms. Mele was a Department Manager TRW Space and Technology Group and Structural Project Engineer. At TRW Space and Technology Group she led a 60-person engineering department. In 2000, Ms. Mele assisted as an Owner’s Construction Representative at the Lutheran Churches of Torrance and Rancho Palos Verdes. From there she was a Project Manager for Vanir Construction Management and worked on seven K-12 public school campuses for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District. She then went to S.L. Leonard & Associates as a Senior Project Manager. At S.L Leonard she specialized as a Construction manager for affordable multifamily apartment projects throughout Southern California cities. Partial client list: Century Housing, Jamboree Housing, A Community of Friends, Community Corporation of Santa Monica. She also focused on commercial projects: Community facilities, Tenant Improvements, Commercial Café, Office and Conference space, Maintenance Building, Solar installations, and Development Feasibility studies.
Ms. Mele is now the project manager on The Beacon in Long Beach for Century Housing, Blue Hibiscus in West Hollywood for West Hollywood Community Housing and Anchor Place in Long Beach for Century Housing.
Ms. Mele received her M.S. Mechanical Engineering degree from University of California Los Angeles and her B.S. Mechanical Engineering from University of California Los Angeles. She also has her professional certifications in Construction Management Certificate from UCLA Extension Program LEED-AP, Building Design and Construction (BD+C) from USGBC.