RALEIGH, N.C. – Rich Van Tassel, president of Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC (www.royaloaksbg.com), has announced that Karen Westerman has joined the company as the new accounts payable specialist.  In this role, Westerman is responsible for the oversight and maintenance of high volumes of Royal Oaks’ accounts payables.  Duties related to the position include: acting as head of the company’s project manager support team, coordinating and processing purchase order payments, introducing new vendor partners to company processes, and streamlining vendor procedures.  Westerman is an active member of the National Notary Association and is involved in the Holly Springs High School PTA, the U.S. Tennis Association and the Western Wake Tennis Association.  She currently resides in Holly Springs, N.C. with her husband and three children.

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“We are pleased to welcome Karen to our growing team at Royal Oaks Building Group,” said Van Tassel.  “We feel extremely confident that her industry experience throughout her career makes her a great fit for this position.”

DETAILS:

-          Westerman is a Dallas, TX native

-          She and her husband owned several restaurants for 12 years

ABOUT ROYAL OAKS BUILDING GROUP, LLC:

Royal Oaks Building Group, LLC, builds fine homes throughout Raleigh, Holly Springs, Fuquay-Varina, Wake Forest, Cary, Apex and Angier, N.C.  Locally owned and operated, the company focuses on quality of design, construction and customer service, offering a portfolio of plans and a wide selection of standard features from which to choose in price ranges from starters to multimillion-dollar luxury homes.  Royal Oaks is a member of the Raleigh-Wake County Home Builders Association and has received multiple gold and silver awards from the HBA Parade of Homes.  In 2008, the company received the highly coveted Triangle Major Achievements in Marketing Excellence (MAME) Building Company of the Year Award, and its president, Rich Van Tassel, was named a recipient of the Builder of the Year Award presented by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA).  Additional company awards include the Triangle Business Journal’s Fast 50 Award, the Small Business of the Year by the Apex Chamber of Commerce, as well as consistent listings in the Triangle Business Journal’s premier list of residential builders, based annually by volume in the Raleigh-Durham market.  For more information, visit www.royaloaksbg.com.

Ryal Curtis

MMI Public Relations

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