Nancy Sidoruk received her B.A. in political science in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was an Alumni Scholar. She earned her law degree from the University of La Verne in January 1994, graduating first in her class, and was admitted to the State Bar of California in June of that year. Nancy was a scholarship student, law review editor-in- chief, moot court finalist, and honored in subjects including real property, torts, and analysis of unfair business practices. She was also a 4th District Court of Appeal extern.

A dedicated Community Associations Institute-Greater Inland Empire (CAI-GRIE) chapter volunteer, Nancy has been its legislative support committee chair since 2009, served as liaison to CAI’s statewide California Legislative Action Committee (CLAC) in 2009-10, and is now a CLAC delegate. For her 2010 efforts, Nancy received the prestigious CAI-GRIE President’s Award and was honored by CLAC as Volunteer of the Year. She twice served as CAI-GRIE magazine editor, was recognized for that work as 2003 Committee Chair of the Year, and remains a magazine committee member. She has participated on the CAI-GRIE golf committee and been a speaker at educational programs including Legislative Day at the Capitol and Essentials for Community Association Leadership. Nancy has also contributed to The Law Journal, published by the California Association of Community Managers (CACM).

At Epsten Grinnell & Howell, Nancy counsels common interest developments on issues such as meetings and elections, document interpretation and enforcement, director duties and responsibilities, dispute resolution and corporate governance matters. Nancy additionally works on producing both the E-NEWS from EG&H newsletter for community association managers and Community Association Law Resource Book.

In 2006, Nancy received her M.B.A. from the University of Redlands, earning a 4.0 GPA and membership in the Whitehead Leadership Society for leadership and academic excellence. She holds a certificate in geographic information systems (GIS). Before working with community associations, Nancy practiced criminal and personal injury law with an emphasis on negotiation, and taught as an adjunct professor of paralegal studies. She also offers practical business experience as a marketing professional, especially serving the community associations industry.