{"id":673,"date":"2015-12-07T20:11:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T20:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/?p=673"},"modified":"2025-07-26T15:39:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T19:39:13","slug":"steve-speicher-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.goucher.edu\/magazine\/steve-speicher-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Speicher \u201910"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Steve Speicher \u201910<\/strong> never planned to get into property management. But about a month before he graduated from Goucher, he needed a job and a Goucher alumna referred him to the Charles Towers, a dual high-rise property in downtown Baltimore\u2014and he was hired. \u201cI was living in Baltimore and commuting to Goucher during my senior year, and, originally, I thought of it as a way to pay my rent,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Five-plus years later, what began as \u201cjust a job,\u201d has become a career. And the funny thing is the communications and sociology major who never dreamed he\u2019d go into property management, frequently uses skills honed as an undergraduate to solve problems at work. \u201cI studied communication, psychology, and anthro, and people will often assume I don\u2019t use any of that, but it is completely the opposite,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t study property management, but what I did study has helped me excel in the workplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speicher is the assistant leasing manager at the Charles Towers, which is owned and managed by Southern Management Corporation and, as one of downtown Baltimore\u2019s largest mixed-use properties, houses more than 400 apartments, as well as many retail businesses such as a dry cleaners, food court, and grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, when helping clients who have just moved to the United States from another country, Speicher recalls how he felt when he moved to Australia, as part of Goucher\u2019s study abroad program. \u201cI can empathize because I remember what it felt like when I moved to Sydney on my own,\u201d he says. \u201cSometimes you just need someone to explain things to you.\u201d<br \/>\nAt other times\u2014during the summer months when 30 new residents may move into the building in as many days\u2014the Pittsburgh native relies on organizational skills he picked up while a student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really about managing volume, creating a schedule, and staying on top of it,\u201d says Speicher, who, as an undergraduate, sat on Goucher\u2019s orientation committee, student government executive board, student health advisory committee, and the leadership council; participated in Playworks, a theater festival that features student-produced works; and worked on the college\u2019s phonathon.<\/p>\n<p>While not at the Charles Towers, Speicher, who from 2010 to 2013 served as the recent graduate trustee on Goucher\u2019s Board of Trustees, participates in as many community events as he can\u2014from tree plantings to neighborhood professional networking events. 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