Caring Professionals Here to Help You
All Matters at Hand team members are impressive business professionals who have experience working with client and advisors to facilitate getting the client's personal business matters in shape for the years ahead.
 Camille Jayne - Founder
Camille Jayne, founder of Matters at Hand, is a well known and successful businesswoman, having been one of less than 5% of CEOs of a U.S. public company headed by a woman - Universal Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq: UEIC). Ms. Jayne graduated with Distinction from Stanford University with both Bachelors and Masters in Design degrees, as well as an MBA in Marketing from the University of Michigan. Ms. Jayne's twenty years in the business and banking arenas gives her the insightful ability to work effectively with other professionals. Her solid reputation in business and on Wall Street is based on being a results oriented, yet compassionate leader.
Ms. Jayne retired from the executive business world to turn her energies to helping others. She first realized there was a need in the marketplace for a service like Matters at Hand after helping her family with the losses of her father and father-in-law. That grew into helping a number of people get their "life matters" in order as they went through divorce, spousal or family deaths, or planning ahead for terminally ill family members. All members of the Matters at Hand team have impressive business backgrounds, as well as experience as Facilitators helping clients get all their personal business matters in order.
Ms. Jayne's business experience as a designer, home builder and renovator also allows Matters at Hand to help clients with matters relating to their home and moving.
"We are dedicated to helping people get their lives in order more easily when they are too busy or too emotional to do so themselves. We deal with the "matters at hand" that need to be addressed so they don't have to. We are able to do it faster because of our business and professional backgrounds. We want to do it, because we care." -Camille Jayne
 Barri E. Carian
Over the past 30 years, Ms. Carian has been a founding partner of three start-up businesses and has held executive positions in two Fortune 500 companies. She has been working with business owners since 1998, providing them with the framework and tools to transform their vision into results.
Ms. Carian's management experience includes positions as Senior Vice President of Aon Consulting Worldwide, where she directed the Outsourced Services Division with P&L responsibility for this $17million division and 500 employees - as well as Chief Operating Officer for Premier Relocation Services, a start up she helped lead to revenues of $12 million in less than five years.
The desire to become a Matters at Hand team member came from personal experience in dealing with the untimely death of her sister. As the Successor Trustee, Ms. Carian handled all of the details of the estate, thus personally understanding the sense of loss, the feeling of being overwhelmed, and the difficulties of working through it all.
For over ten years, Ms. Carian has been an active volunteer and seminar leader for Healing Odyssey, a retreat for women cancer survivors. She currently serves on the board of the National Association of Women Business Owners. Ms. Carian received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Riverside.
Phyllis Coldiron
For twenty years, Ms. Coldiron has worked helping others - as Director of Financial Aid for Chapman University, and before that as Associate Director of Financial Aid at Pomona College in Claremont, CA. She has had extensive experience as a consultant for Fiduciary Trust Services in the Orange County area - overseeing the monthly asset reports from brokerage houses and banks - creating the quarterly reports for the trusts administered for a multitude of clients.
Ms. Coldiron has first hand experience in the "matters at hand" that need to be handled during life changing events, having served as executor trustee for three estates - overseeing all the details of settling the affairs - from the distribution of the estate assets to beneficiaries, to estate and property sales. "Being a widow myself, I can understand and empathize with all the needs that have to be handled at such a difficult time. Making it easier for others to get through the many details that are very time consuming during such an emotional time is what compelled me to join Matters at Hand."
Ms. Coldiron received her Bachelors in mathematics from UCLA. Before her career in Financial Aid, she spent nine years in computer programming at Pomona College.
Connie Cremin
Ms. Cremin is a proven corporate banking, consumer loan and regulatory compliance attorney with over twenty years of legal experience. Her law expertise spans both federal and state consumer legislation. She is known as a solid contributor to the business process, whose legal counsel has helped lead to client business success.
Ms. Cremin joined the Matters at Hand team because of her intimate knowledge of managing through the death of her father, mother and father-in-law - all within the span of two years. She facilitated all the financial, legal, Social Security, banking, insurance, bill payment issues, as well as the sale of homes. Ms. Cremin was also responsible for the distribution of asset and closure of each estate.
"With two children of my own, having to manage my family's matters was extremely taxing, compounded because of the personal attachment and emotional sadness. It all would have been so much easier, and certainly taken less time, if I had had the benefit of help from a professional and caring service like Matters at Hand. Because of this, I enjoy making the process easier for others." - Connie Cremin
Ms. Cremin received her Bachelors from The University of California, Los Angeles, CA Magna Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa. She received her J.D. from Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles, CA, Dean's List. Admissions: State Bar of California and Supreme Court of Colorado.
Athena Fristoe Dresti
Ms. Dresti brings much to the Matters at Hand team. Ms. Dresti is Founder of The Watermark Group Ltd., a Los Angeles based firm that specializes in strategic marketing, crisis management and public relations approaches that help position client companies competitively. Her in depth research and organizational skills are a great asset to Matters at Hand clients. With more than 20 years of marketing management and communications experience developed in Washington, D.C., San Francisco and Los Angeles, Ms. Dresti is well suited to also help Matters at Hand clients who might need interim assistance with family owned businesses.
Ms. Dresti has much experience in dealing with family crisis needs, coordinating and assisting others in the management of their personal affairs during crisis times, and believes in the Matters at Hand system: "Matters at Hand steps in to attend to the unwelcome but necessary business at hand. No one else really does that A-Z. Our clients get peace of mind that the myriad of practical matters that simply must be addressed are being identified and managed in a caring way. When people are not sure of where to start, they are glad they started with Matters at Hand." -Athena Dresti
An accredited (APR) member of Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), Ms. Dresti attended The American University in Washington, D.C., and University of La Verne, California, graduating in business administration with an emphasis in marketing, Summa Cum Laude.
Sharon Jurgensen - Associate Team Member
Ms. Jurgensen's background spans sales, property management and bookkeeping/organizing. She has had a successful career in each because of her patient diligence, conscientious attention to detail, mastery of computer skills, flexibility, creativity and trustworthiness.
Ms. Jurgensen spent over eight years as the leading Sales Consultant for Fiber-Seal. For over twelve years, Ms. Jurgensen was Property Manager in the commercial, industrial and residential markets. While devoting her time to raising children, Ms. Jurgensen started her own Bookkeeping and Organizing business - setting up computer based personal finance systems for bill paying and bookkeeping. She also makes homes and businesses more efficient by organizing files and personal spaces - which many Matters at Hand clients need.
"It is my desire to help people be more efficient and enjoy their surroundings. I know how beneficial and needed the Matters at Hand services are for people going through a divorce or a death - and the importance of honesty, confidentiality and attention to detail in these types of services."
Ms. Jurgensen received her Bachelors in Science from the University of Southern CA, and has held various Board positions for USC's Trojan League, Community Vice President of Junior League, and President of the Andersen Elementary PTA.
Mary Martini
For the past thirty years, Ms. Martini has divided her time between being Co-owner/Partner of a successful Art Studio in Detroit, MI handling all the business affairs of the company, and involved in and leading a myriad of community and charity efforts. Her endless devotion to helping others spanned being President of the YWCA of Western Wayne County; Co-Founder of the Dearborn, MI Pastoral Counseling Center; and Member of the Bio-Ethics Committee working with Stanford and Wayne Universities legal, medical and community leaders. Ms. Martini was selected by the Detroit News as her community's Outstanding Volunteer. Such dedication to others makes her a perfect Team Member.
Ms. Martini has also been the executor trustee for two estates: "I know first hand of the need for caring and knowledgeable assistance when going through the painful steps of settling estates of friends and family. Heading up the Michigan base of operations for Matters at Hand is so satisfying, because it utilizes my background in business details and the caring work of helping others."
Karleen Monroe
For the past twenty five years, Ms. Monroe has worked in "positions of trust" for both non-profit and for profit companies. She brings her years of accounting, financial and customer service experience as valuable assets to Matters at Hand. Her successful positions as Accounting Manager at Richardson Nagy Martin; Office and Client Administrator at Sweek Connolly & Company (Certified Public Accountants); and Vice President of Customer Service at California Federal Bank demonstrate her ability to work through complex tasks for clients and customers.
Ms. Monroe's many years as Associate Executive Director for YMCA of Orange County involved accounting and budget management on county, state and city levels. Her attention to detail and dedication to helping others are a perfect fit for Matters at Hand clients.
As a widow of many years, Ms. Monroe understands the emotional challenges of getting one's personal business affairs in order expeditiously in order "to feel safe and comfortable moving forward with one's life." In fact, after the death of her husband, Ms. Monroe went back to college to receive her BSBA from the University of Phoenix in California.
 Candyce Regitz
Candyce Regitz is well versed in the "matters at hand" that people need to address during life transitions from her years of experience as an Associate Trust Administrator for First American Trust, as well as her more than eight years as a Paralegal in both Estate Planning and Civil Litigation. Her six years as an Escrow Officer reviewing purchase/lease contracts, preparing Grant Deeds, Deeds of Trust, Lease Agreements and Full Reconveyances allows her to be an expert guide to clients and their families with real estate dealings.
Ms. Regitz's wealth of knowledge and expertise in reviewing and analyzing trust documents, interfacing with trust clients' attorneys, accountants, insurance agents and financial advisors give our Matters at Hand clients and their Executors and Trustees tremendous peace of mind knowing she can work with them to ensure they are disbursing funds and assets in accordance with the law. Her caring approach also makes them feel safe and secure. Ms. Regitz's career as a Paralegal to defense attorneys in civil litigation is a great asset to our clients going through any family or business law dealings. Her desire to become a Matters at Hand Team Member is "a natural extension of my career dedicated to helping others."
Ms. Regitz received her BS from Vanguard University of Southern California; and her ABA Certificate of Legal Assistantship, with Honors, from University of California, Irvine. She is also a Notary Public, a Licensed Life and Health Agent of the CA Department of Insurance. Ms Regitz also is Owner of C. Regitz & Associates, bookkeeping services.
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