About Steve Urie

Steve has been a resident of Gilbert Arizona for 29 years and has been married to the former Renae Ricks of Mesa for 35 years, they have four children, Russell, Stephanie, Lorraine and Jamison. In February of 2010, they added a son-in-law, Dr. Jason Alder.

Steve Urie is the president and designated broker of Mesa Verde Property Management, Inc. He has been a small businessman for 28 years. He is also the administrator of the Property Management Institute, LLC, a real estate education school that specializes in continuing education courses for property manager.

He currently serves as an Arizona State Legislator for Legislative District 22. As a state legislator, he serves on the Appropriations Committee, the Appropriations Sub-committee (chair) of Debt Reduction, the Appropriations Sub-committee (vice-chair) for Multi-Year Budgeting, Government Committee, the Agriculture and Water Committee, and the Joint Legislative Committee to select the Arizona Ombudsmen (Chair).

In 2003, Steve was selected as the REALTOR of the YEAR from among the agents and brokers of the 12th largest REALTOR Board in the nation. His business, Mesa Verde Property Management, Inc, is a member of the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce. Steve is also a member the National Association of Residential Property Managers and a member of the local, state and national associations of REALTORS. In the past, Steve has served his local REALTOR Board on the Grievance Committee and on the Arizona Association of REALTORS Professional Standards Committee.

Steve served 11 years on the Gilbert Town Council before resigning to run for the state legislature. Steve has an Associate’s Degree in Law Enforcement from Ohlone Community College (1976), a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management with emphasis in Marketing and Finance from Brigham Young University (1979) and an MBA in Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona (1982). He also holds the National Association of Residential Property Managers RMP and MPM designations, and the REALTORS the GRI and ABR designations.

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE:

• AA Degree, Law Enforcement, June 1976, Ohlone Community College, Fremont, California.
• BS Degree, Business Management, Marketing and Finance, 1979, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah.
• MBA Degree, Management Information Systems, 1982, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
• Arizona Department of Real Estate Approved Instructor, Continuing Education Instructor; GRI Instructor.

• Arizona State Representative 2011 - Current
• Appropriations Committee
  • Appropriations Sub-Committee on Debt Reduction (Chair)
  • Appropriations Sub-committee on Multi-year Budgeting (Vice-Chair)
• Government Committee Agriculture and Water
• Committee Joint Legislative
• Committee to Select the Arizona Ombudsmen
• Town of  Gilbert Councilman 1999–2007, Vice-Mayor 2002-2003
• Economic Development Advisory Board, Liaison
• Gilbert Chamber of Commerce, Liaison
• Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, Liaison
• Parks and Recreation Sub-Committee, Member
• Paths, Opens Space and Trails Sub-Committee, Co-chair
• Equestrian and Special Events Venue, ad hoc committee, Liaison
• Redevelopment, Past Liaison
• Redevelopment Commissioner, Past 
• Heritage DAT Study Committee, Member
• Riparian Advisory Board Member   
• Maricopa Association of Governments 20/25 Committee
• Williams Gateway Partnering and Re-use Committee

• Mesa Verde Property Management, Inc, President/Designated Broker; Business Owner 24 years
• 28 years office management experience and personnel supervision
• SEVRAR Grievance Committee: Member
• AAR Professional Standards Committee: Member
• Property Management Institute LLC., Administrator/Owner
• Professional Instructor for Real Estate Contract Law, Tenant Landlord Law, Commissioner’s Rules and Regs, and Disclosure
• Gilbert Chamber of Commerce, Member
• Gilbert Leadership Class IV
• Gilbert Leadership Board of Directors
• South East Valley Regional Association of REALTORS
• 2003 REALTOR of the Year
• SEVRAR Property Management Committee, Chair
• Government Relations Committee Member
• Education Committee Member
• ABR and GRI designations
• National Association of Residential Property Managers, Past President and Board Member
• NARPM Arizona Chapter, Past President
• RMP and MPM designations