About Axiom Management Run by people who run buildings

Axiom Management helps HOA boards manage complex mountain communities, from aging buildings to annual budgets.

With more than 40 years of combined experience, our team brings hands-on expertise in building operations, maintenance oversight, vendor coordination, compliance, and financial administration.

We understand the challenges that come with aging properties, deferred maintenance, rising repair costs, demanding weather, and the day-to-day complexity of HOA operations. Our approach is practical and operations-focused: identify issues early, coordinate the right work, control costs, and help boards make sound decisions that protect both the property and the association's finances.

Led by Nate Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Axiom combines operational discipline with strong financial oversight, and backs both with operations software we build ourselves. We believe HOA management takes more than administrative support. It requires experienced leadership, consistent follow-through, and a clear understanding of how buildings, budgets, vendors, and community standards all work together.

Based in Summit County and expanding into Eagle County, Axiom serves mountain communities that need experienced, accountable management, especially those with older buildings, demanding maintenance needs, and boards looking for a more capable operating partner.

Our History

Three decades in the high country

For nearly three decades, Perry Unruh has been a fixture of the Summit County property management community, including decades spent managing one of Dillon's largest and best-known properties. His standards for service and integrity laid the foundation for Axiom Management.

Perry remains on Axiom's Board of Advisors, where he guides policy and business strategy as the company grows.

Our Team

The people behind Axiom

Nate and Jenae Smith

Operations

As Axiom Management's Chief Operating Officer, Nate Smith brings more than two decades of leadership experience and a hands-on, maintenance-focused approach to community management. His experience includes property operations, building inspections, preventive maintenance, vendor oversight, and day-to-day problem-solving in mountain communities.

Nate understands the challenges of aging buildings, deferred maintenance, legacy systems, and demanding mountain conditions. He works closely with boards, property managers, and vendors to identify issues early, coordinate practical solutions, control repair costs, and keep communities operating safely and reliably.

As a Certified Pool and Spa Operator, Nate is committed to protecting association assets, strengthening property standards, and delivering consistent operational follow-through.

Jenae is an expert in operational administration and grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, bringing a strong foundation of business acumen and efficiency to her work.

Nate and Jenae's strong work ethic and attention to detail are driven by their love for Summit County and their three daughters, who inspire them every day.

Areas of Focus: Building Maintenance • Property Operations • Inspections • Vendor Oversight • Cost Control

Sunshine Fister, CIA, CFE, FCPA, CISA®, CMCA®

Chief Financial Officer

Sunshine Fister brings more than 20 years of professional experience in finance, risk management, internal controls, compliance, fraud prevention, systems improvement, and organizational leadership.

Her career includes leadership and professional roles with Ernst & Young, Uber, U.S. Bank, Transamerica, and UnitedHealth Group. She has worked with growing businesses and large public companies to strengthen financial reporting, improve accountability, manage organizational risk, and build reliable operating processes.

At Axiom, Sunshine oversees association accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, assessments, billing and collections, administrative systems, internal controls, compliance, and long-term financial planning. She works to ensure that HOA boards receive accurate, understandable, and timely financial information while association funds are handled with discipline and transparency.

Her background in auditing, fraud prevention, information systems, and risk management helps Axiom protect association resources, improve operational accountability, and build scalable systems that support both its communities and its property-management team.

Professional Credentials: Certified Internal Auditor • Certified Fraud Examiner • Forensic CPA • Certified Information Systems Auditor • Certified Manager of Community Associations

Luke Unruh, CMCA®, AMS®, CPO®

Head of Business Development

Luke Unruh brings deep local knowledge and practical experience in community association management, mountain property operations, and client relationship development.

As Head of Business Development, Luke works closely with HOA boards, community leaders, and property stakeholders to understand each association’s needs, develop responsive management solutions, support new-community transitions, and strengthen long-term client relationships.

His experience includes board communication, property inspections, vendor coordination, maintenance planning, pool and spa operations, contract development, and community-management support. Luke’s understanding of Summit County properties helps Axiom develop practical solutions for the unique operational and maintenance challenges of mountain communities.

Professional Credentials: Certified Manager of Community Associations® • Association Management Specialist® • Certified Pool & Spa Operator®

Jade Trespeces

Senior Account Manager

Jade Trespeces is a skilled professional with expertise in operations management and client relations. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing and a Master’s degree in Business Administration, along with specialized training in Medical Aesthetics.

Beyond her career, Jade loves to travel, try new cuisines, and explore new places. She finds that traveling refreshes the mind, broadens perspectives, and enhances adaptability, helping her grow both personally and professionally.

Certifications

Certified pool operations expertise

Every member of our operations team is a Certified Pool Operator. This training helps our team understand pool and spa safety, water chemistry, equipment operation, preventive maintenance, regulatory requirements, and proper recordkeeping.

For communities with pools and hot tubs, this means more knowledgeable oversight, faster identification of potential issues, and better coordination with service providers. That protects residents, equipment, and association funds.

Our Systems

Operations software we build ourselves

We replaced off-the-shelf maintenance software with our own, built around the mountain properties we manage. More than 14,000 building checks are scheduled in it each year, from daily walk-throughs to boiler and spa logs.

Crews complete each checklist on their phones, in English or Spanish, recording equipment readings and photos as they go. Readings are tracked over time and unusual values are flagged, so a failing system shows up as a trend instead of a surprise. Service requests from email and the owner portal land in one tracked queue.

Owners get a private site for their community, where they can report a problem, follow our replies, and find notices and documents. Because we build it ourselves, it runs on current technology rather than software that's been added to for decades. And when a board asks for something to work differently, we can change it ourselves instead of waiting on a software company.

Boards can choose to get an email when work at their building is finished, with the checklist, readings, and photos from the visit. See an example.

Quality. Solutions. Community.

Our motto, and the standard we hold ourselves to on every property we manage.

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