Team

PRESIDENT & CEO

Mary Adams O'Connell founded Adams O'Connell, Inc. in 2001 to serve the investment and management needs of her three-generation family. She serves as its President and CEO, overseeing strategic direction, directing legal matters, making investment decisions, and advising clients. She has over 40 years’ experience in real estate and family asset management. Formerly Mary served for ten years as President and CEO of Morgan Adams, Inc. where she initiated client financial reporting, strategic planning, and the first four-generation family business meetings.

Mary serves on the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Board of Trustees. She chairs its Government Relations Committee, serves on the Executive Committee, and formerly chaired the Investment Committee. She advises the Latino & African American High School Internship Program (LA-HIP) at CHLA, and serves on the Advancement Project Los Angeles Advisory Board. Mary graduated from Smith College, and received her MBA from the University of Missouri.

VICE PRESIDENT & COO

Liesel Reinisch is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Adams O’Connell, Inc.  She joined the firm in 2002 and helped broaden the company’s asset base. Liesel oversees all of the daily operations, and is responsible for property management, oversight of public and private equity, new acquisitions, and client communication. Liesel has more than twenty years of entrepreneurial, real estate, and family business management experience. Before joining Adams O’Connell, Inc., Liesel managed several food and beverage companies in the bay area and Southern California. She oversaw operations at Steelhead Brewing Company in San Francisco and Burlingame. Her background includes online marketing production and communications strategy consulting.

Liesel graduated from Colorado College, and earned an MBA from the University of Southern California. She volunteers as Treasurer of the Silverlake Jewish Community Center and heads the Finance Committee. She is an active member of the Stuart Ketchum Downtown YMCA Friends of the Y Board.

CONTROLLER

Kitty  Hang,  CPA,  is  the  Financial  Controller  at  Adams O’Connell, Inc., and joined AOC  in  2013.   She   oversees   accounting   functions,   all   reporting  and   financial analysis   activities,   budgets,   audits,  and   tax   matters.   With   her   background  in information    systems,   she  is   the   in-house   expert   on   the   company’s    property management software program. 

Kitty is a Certified Public Accountant licensed by the state of California. She was formerly an associate at a regional CPA firm in Orange County, and has served as Controller for an investment advisory firm, among other positions. Kitty graduated with a BS in Accounting and a minor in Computer Information Systems from California Polytechnic State University at Pomona. She currently volunteers as Treasurer for Boy Scout Troop 491 in Glendora, CA, and for the Glendora High School Band & Pageantry.

TAX PLANNING

Amin (“Al”) is a Partner at Kaufman & Kabani. He has over twenty five years of experience in all aspects of accounting, business advisory and financial management services for a diversified range of clients. He also manages complex tax planning and compliance work. Amin began working with Adams O’Connell, Inc in 2011. 

Formerly, Al has worked at an international affiliate of Price Waterhouse Coopers. He is a California Certified Public Accountant and a licensed Chartered Accountant and a Cost and Management Accountant. He is also a recipient of the J.P. Patel Gold Medal for outstanding performance at the Chartered Accountants’ examinations.

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LEASING, SALES

John joined Colglazier Properties in San Antonio and has been working in real estate for over twenty years. He was born and raised in San Antonio and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996. He has since spent his time specializing in consulting, sales and leasing of all types of industrial, manufacturing and distribution product.  John began working with Adams O’Connell, Inc. in 2005, advising on acquisitions and management of Texas based assets.

PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS & MANAGEMENT

Gary is a licensed commercial and residential real estate agent. He has over 25 years experience in the acquisition, management and construction of residential real estate. Gary began working with AOC in 2004 advising on property acquisitions for 1031 exchanges. His expertise in mechanical engineering has been useful in assessments and on-going management. He previously worked with Grubb-Ellis and NAI Capital. He received his MBA from the University of Michigan and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA.