Who We Are

William A. Silva

William A. Silva is the President and Managing Broker of Regency Management Group, Inc. He is a shareholder and one of the founders of the company.

William A. Silva is a fourth generation Monterey County resident. His great grandfather was one of Carmel's founding artists at the turn of the century and his father attended Carmel High School. Although Mr. Silva grew up in Southern California, he spent much of his childhood at the family home in Carmel.

Mr. Silva has a strong legacy in real estate development having grown up around the construction and real estate industries his entire life. His father was a real estate broker and general contractor and his mother was a real estate agent and property manager. They founded several successful real estate development and construction companies including, Woodman Development Company, Citizens Realty & Development and Abbott Enterprises.

Mr. Silva attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina where he received his BA in 1991 with a triple major in Public Policy Studies, Comparative Area Studies and Spanish. He served as a legislative intern for Senator Pete Wilson on Capitol Hill in 1990 and anticipated a career in foreign relations.

However, after college Mr. Silva spent two years framing houses in Arizona where he discovered an affinity for construction and real estate development. In 1994 he moved back Monterey County and began running the day to day operations of Woodman Development Company. In that role, Mr. Silva has been directly involved in the construction and sale of nearly 600 homes and the planning and development of nearly 2500 more.

Mr. Silva has almost twenty years of experience in construction, project management and real estate development, which also includes commercial development, property management, and asset management. He is personally responsible for the management of numerous separate companies and partnerships. He is currently a shareholder and the President of Woodman Development Company, Inc.

He is also the President, Managing Broker and a shareholder in Legacy Real Estate Group, Inc., a retail brokerage firm, with offices, in Monterey and Soledad. Mr. Silva is a California Real Estate Broker and a licensed General Contractor. He is also a member of the California and National Association of Realtors. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Common Ground Monterey County.

Carolyn Donaway

Carolyn Donaway is the General Manager, CFO, and a shareholder of Regency Management Group, Inc. Ms. Donaway is also a Certified Community Association Manager (CCAM).

Carolyn Donaway was born and raised in West Texas and attended the University of Texas at the Permian Basin with an educational emphasis on business and accounting.

In 1986, she relocated to Aspen, Colorado where she became interested in real estate and property management. She began her career as Controller for the largest property management company in Aspen with over 400 units, including condominiums, homes, and commercial properties. Her responsibilities also extended to the financial management of several homeowners associations.

After ten years as Controller, Carolyn was promoted to the position of General Manager. This promotion expanded her role to include the management of all staff in the accounting, reservations, front desk, housekeeping and maintenance departments. She oversaw all aspects of service to maintain the quality level required for these high-end luxury properties.

After 17 years in Aspen, she moved to Carmel, where she is the resident manager for the Viejo Carmel Condominium Complex. In 2003, she joined Woodman Development Company, Inc. as their Controller. In this capacity she has managed the financial aspect of numerous companies and partnerships.

In 2005, Regency Management Group was formed to offer superior management services for the projects developed by Woodman Development Company, Inc. and to other Monterey County properties. Carolyn's background in property management made for a natural transition to the newly formed company and earned her an ownership position with the company.

Marilyn J. Silva

Marilyn J. Silva is a shareholder and one of the founders of Regency Management Group, Inc.

Marilyn J. Silva was born and raised in Oklahoma before moving to Los Angeles to attend the University of Southern California and pursue a career in medicine. She became a medical technologist and practiced for many years prior to meeting and marrying William H. Silva a real estate developer in Los Angeles. That redirected her interests into real estate.

Subsequently, she received her real estate license and together they developed and managed numerous projects throughout Southern California. Eventually their business grew to include offices and/or projects throughout Los Angeles and in Salinas, Monterey, Sacramento, Gilroy, Modesto, Napa and Scottsdale, AZ. Those enterprises also comprised a network of companies including Citizens Realty & Development, WHS Development, United Mortgage, Abbott Enterprises and Woodman Development Company, Inc.

As a co-founder and current shareholder of Woodman Development Company, Inc. she became significantly involved in the development of real estate on the central coast of California. Woodman's primary developments are in Monterey County where its current offices are located. While her primary residence remains in Los Angeles, Mrs. Silva has been a homeowner in Carmel for over thirty years.

Mrs. Silva has more than 40 years of experience in the real estate industry. She has a specialization in property management focusing on large multifamily projects through her personal company, Abbott Enterprises, Inc. For more than 20 years she managed a 280-unit apartment complex in Salinas that was originally built by Woodman Development. She recently completed the development of a 200-unit apartment complex in Kihei, Maui, which she currently manages. She is also a shareholder of Legacy Real Estate Group, Inc. with offices in Monterey and Soledad.