Meet The Team
Our team represents the best in Orange County, and the best of our collaborative culture, values and foundation of Strength in numbers.
True to our core values, we embrace our diversity – of knowledge, expertise and experience – the strength of the whole being greater than the component parts. Focusing on solutions and delivering results, the teamwork to support our members and partners growth, constantly creating opportunity and building the strong sense of community that lies at the heart of our network group..
Herbie Zadeh
Real Estate Broker, MBA
A connoisseur of quality, perfection and universal service excellence, Herbie is a genius marketer and cares for the needs and wants of his clients. His Real Estate career forged in 1993 in Laguna Niguel, Southern California, with his philosophy that "he represents clients at all price levels," as diverse as the properties he represents, from premier luxury estates to affordable family homes.
Herbie attended California State University of Fullerton and received his Masters of Business Administration degree (MBA) from Pepperdine University in 1998.
Herbie has 20 years' experience in buying and selling Real Estate and is currently a Broker working with First Team Real Estate. First Team is the #1 independent real estate company in Southern California. It is ranked the #10 brokerage firm in the nation, selling more homes than any other brokerage firm in Orange County, California. Today, First Team Real Estate and its family of companies has offices throughout Southern California. Services include residential and commercial real estate, title, escrow and mortgage operations.
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Herbie and his wife, Elmira, live in Orange County and they are the proud parents of two kids; Noah, who is now four years old and Siena Dior, who is 2 years old.
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In addition to his dedication to Real Estate, Herbie is very involved with community service throughout Orange County.
Antoinette Simmons
Insurance Agent
"With over 22 years of experience in the insurance industry, from Customer Service and Underwriting to Claims and Sales, I have gained extensive knowledge that I love to share. I am not looking to "sell" a policy. My mission is to educate my clients and to ensure that they are properly covered to protect themselves, their families and their livelihoods.
As an Independent Agent, I have access to many different carriers allowing me to find the right products to fit your individual needs. Whether it’s protection for your home and autos or your business, I can help insure that you have the right coverages to protect what you, your family and/or your company.
Call or email me for a complimentary review of your policies today!"
Norm Lewis, CPA
Tax Preparation & Accounting Services
Norm Lewis is the owner of Lewis and Company. After many years of doing accounting and auditing in the film and TV industries, Norm Lewis started his full-time accounting and tax service in 2007. They have bookkeepers in the firm and they have associates in several related fields, such as financial planning and mortgage lending.
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Norm has a profound desire to help people save money on their taxes (using legal and legitimate techniques) and a desire to help people achieve their financial goals.
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Lewis and Company offers tax preparation, accounting, bookkeeping and payroll services to small businesses and individuals. We handle all types of businesses. We have worked extensively in the entertainment business and in the real estate business. We also help people who owe back taxes to the tax agencies. We can help people anywhere in the USA. We have offices in Dana Point and Santa
Monica, CA.
Kelly Crean
Entrepreneur
Kelly Crean is involved in several different businesses, many which are based in Orange County. Kelly is the owner of OC Bicycle Service & Garage. The Orange County Bicycle Service & Garage is the FIRST of it’s kind to specialize in service and repair, providing a variety of services not available at the majority of bicycle shops throughout the United States. Orange County Bicycle Service & Garage allows customers the opportunity to have a place for all their servicing needs, whether it be a self-servicing fix it station or a full service repair garage.
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Kelly also specializes in marketing & advertising, and she is currently serving as a marketing director for one of the most renowned real estate agents in Orange County.
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Kelly is accounts payable at Mohawk Networking Solutions, one of California's largest independent value added distributors.
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In her spare time, Kelly also owns and manages two vacation rentals, a charming cottage in Laguna Hills, CA and the other is a beachfront estate in Costa Rica.
Ricardo A. Leonardo Jr.
Financial Advisor
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Ricardo Leonardo Jr works with small business owners and families to help accomplish their goals, protect what is most important to them, and plan for their financial future. He does this by implementing financial and insurance strategies that can help provide savings on taxes, hedge against market risk and build generational wealth for families.
Northwestern Mutual is a Fortune 100 company founded in 1857 and based in Wisconsin. Today they are the largest direct provider of individual life insurance in the U.S., a top ten independent broker-dealer in the nation and were labeled Fortune’s 2019 World’s Most Admired Companies. The company’s mutual status allows the executive committee to make decisions based on the policyholder’s needs first. This has created a financially strong company capable of being the industry leader in dividend payout to its policyholders and client retention.
Ricardo has four years working with Northwestern Mutual and nine years working in the insurance services field. Based in Irvine, California, and with the backing of Northwestern Mutual, Ricardo provides value to his clients through his relationship-based planning approach that is unique to each client’s needs.
Ricardo and his wife, Cristina, live in Orange County. They are the proud parents of two fur babies, Elsa who is three years old and Little who is ten years old.
In addition to helping clients achieve their financial goals, Ricardo is the College Unit Director for Northwestern Mutual’s Irvine office. Shaping the soft skills and business acumen of the young professionals in the community to help position them for success in their future career choices. He also is an active member of the Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce.
Ellie Ortiz
Owner of Laguna Legal, Document & Mediation Services
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My name is Ellie Ortiz. I am a certified mediator and bonded & certified Legal Document Service provider. My business Laguna Legal has been helping clients prepare their legal documents and mediate their divorces for over 20 years. Since 1998, our office has assisted thousands of clients with their paperwork related to Divorce, Child Custody, Living Trust, Corporations, Credit Repair, Immigration and much more. Many clients have contacted us after spending tens of thousands on attorney’s fees and in a matter of weeks and with some divorce mediation, we are able to complete a divorce that may have dragged on for several years. We have assisted numerous divorcing couples ranging from cases with no children or assets, to complex cases with abuse or estates valued at over 100 million dollars.
Our office specializes in helping the public, realtors, escrow offices and their clients with all legal documents such as divorce mediation, living trusts, credit repair, out of escrow deeds (affidavit of death, quitclaim, trust transfer), probate, setting up corporations/llc’s, QDRO’s, power of attorney’s, etc. Our goal is to help our clients reach a quick resolution to their legal issues so all parties reach their ultimate goal, which may include getting their property on the market and sold.
A high percentage of our business has always been from repeat customers and referrals. We welcome the opportunity to earn your trust and deliver you the best service possible.
We look forward to seeing you in person or answering general questions over the phone. Please call us any time at (949) 497-9800 or visit us in person at 24800 Chrisanta Drive, Suite 200, Mission Viejo, CA 92691.
Jorge Mora
Business Development Consultant
KTimeHR
Jorge works with small to medium-sized businesses to help them run better, grow faster, and make more money. Jorge does this by helping employers manage their human capital through one unified platform for their entire workforce, from pre-hire to retire. This helps companies save time on administrative functions and helps shift their focus to revenue generation. Providing clients with the latest in HR technology and security, that is cloud-based, and goes mobile.
Based in Irvine, California, KTimeHR has been helping employers save time and money since 1997. Simple. Compliant. Workforce Administration.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my family and friends. I love taking in a game, catching a concert, and trying out new restaurants.
Tonette Blum
PM-INTERNATIONAL
Tonette has worked with PM-International to help them run better, grow faster, and make more money.
PM-International’s FitLine and BeautyLine products will help you to achieve these goals even at an advanced age.
The highly-quality nutritional supplements in our FitLine series include a unique Nutritional Transport Concept (NTC®). NTC brings nutrients to where they are needed, exactly when they are needed, to cellular level. FitLine works from the inside and BeautyLine from the outside.
You will feel fit and cheerful. At home and abroad, many hobby and top athletes appreciate the advantages of the FitLine products, which them to continue to perform at the highest level.
The cosmetics in the BeautyLine series are also perfectly designed for quality and efficiency. Thanks to the Nutritional Transport Concept, NTC®, the perfectly combined ingredients reach even the deepest layers of the skin. We offer you cleansing, care and anti-aging systems that have been perfectly matched to your skin type and leave no wish unfulfilled.
Our products are manufactured according to the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP). It guarantees the highest purity and a level of quality that remains constantly high. The proof of this is hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers all over the World – convince yourself and you will see the value in PM-International products!
If you – against all expectations – are not satisfied with our products, you can send them back to us within 30 days. The full purchase price will be refunded to you.
Mike Hosseini
Owner
MSR Plumbing Inc.
Mike Hosseini is the owner/inspector of the Home Inspection General and it is his pledge to provide you the highest level of professional inspection services. Mike has more than 15 years of experience and offer service and repair throughout Orange County.
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Having started in the industry as a contractor, and still holding a plumbing contractor's license, he not only has the experience, training and optional certifications to provide quality home inspections Orange County can rely on, but Mike also has a background in the building trades that offers you the highest level of Orange County building inspection competency too.
Mike will not come to your home or commercial property and perform a "checklist inspection". He uses the latest in technology to assist him in providing a thorough, custom inspection and Mike will treat your inspection as if the property were his own.
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Mike's professional qualifications, his customer pledge and please call for free no pressure, no obligation estimate:
• Certified - California Real Estate Inspection Association (CREIA)
• Gold Certified - American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)
• Home and commercial properties inspected - over 3000
• 2011 ASHI certified continuing education courses - over 32 hours completed
• 2011 CREIA certified continuing education courses - over 30 hours completed
• Member - Orange County CREIA Chapter
• Member - Orange County Association of Realtors
• California State Licensing Board - Plumbing License # 922997
Contact Mike today to get the best service from a reliable plumbing company in Newport Beach, California.
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