Lake Tahoe, CA Property Management Company

Granite Peak Management is people driven. We have over 65 dedicated team members working to ensure properties in the North Lake Tahoe Region are well-managed and customer expectations are exceeded. Leading Granite Peak Management are four partners who collectively bring over 100 years of hotel management experience, have always loved the mountains and what they do at GPM.

Evan Benjaminson, Chief Executive Officer

Evan Benjaminson founded Granite Peak Management with his retired business partner, Art Takaki. Evan worked his way up from bellman at Palisades Tahoe Lodge in 1992 to owning the management company with Takaki in 1998, expanding Granite Peak Management to what it is today.

No two days at Granite Peak Management are alike, and that's the way Evan likes it. The variety of challenges, from homeowner association works to budgeting and long-term planning; everyday proves to be interesting.

Evan strives to make Granite Peak Management do more for the community. As a large employer of local residents, he sees opportunities to make a difference in the community that would positively impact his employees, their families and everyone else. Evan has volunteered for the Olympic Valley Municipal Advisory Committee, North Lake Tahoe Resort Association and other local groups.

Evan and his wife Shawn have two daughters, enjoy skiing, boating, paddle boarding, mountain biking and hiking.

Rick Pendleton, Chief Operating Officer

Rick comes to Granite Peak Management with a diverse background in real estate, sales, software support and administration. Living in the Truckee-Tahoe area for nearly four decades Rick and his wife raised their two daughters in the Martis Valley in Truckee, Rick enjoys the people he gets to work with at the company, and collaborating to make things happen.

Living in Southern California, Missouri and Ohio, it was skiing at Palisades Tahoe that first drew Rick to the region, where he worked at Palisades Tahoe Lodge as the night auditor, Olympic Village Inn in sales and as a ski instructor on the mountain.

Elsewhere Rick worked in systems and process analysis for a large real estate company in Southern California and was the Director of Sales and Marketing for Sierra Pacific Hotels.

With the kids out of the house Rick and his wife, Linda, who is from Scotland are enjoying their free time doing the mountain activities that drew them here in the first place - hiking, skiing and mountain biking.

Rick volunteers as the treasurer for the Mountaineer Transit Company, is a Certified Community Association Manager and a California Real Estate Broker #01227996.

Dan Tester, VP of Rental Services

Dan is responsible for operations and sales & marketing of Granite Peak Management's rental brands; Palisades Tahoe Lodge and Tahoe Vacation Rentals.

To Dan, Granite Peak Management feels like a family, thanks to the long-term relationships developed with both employees and clients. He likes the deep roots Granite Peak Management employees have in the community, raising families, volunteering and being deeply involved in numerous causes. Dan currently serves on the Board of the North Tahoe Community Alliance (formerly the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association).

Bringing 30+ years of hospitality experience to Granite Peak Management, Dan was hired as the Sales Manager at Palisades Tahoe Lodge in 1994, becoming General Manager in 1998. He then became a principal at Granite Peak Management in 2011.

Coming from Laguna Beach, CA to Tahoe in 1990 after graduating from the University of the Pacific, Dan and his wife, Julie, were drawn by their passion for outdoor adventures like skiing and mountain biking. They have two sons who compete in freeskiing and mountain bike racing.