Colleen Parent Beall's extensive experience and professionalism assures her clients the highest level of service. Colleen has been a licensed Real Estate Broker since 1994. During that time she has consistently been one of the leading agents in her company. Her competence, diligence, confidentiality and hard work have earned her a widespread referral base. While she has a reputation for representing high end sales, she actually handles all kinds of sales including homes, land sales, trustee sales, bankruptcy sales, estate sales, and sales of condominiums, as well as estates.

Colleen's background includes practicing law. She graduated from University of Southern California Law Center in 1982. She practiced real estate and land use law with the local firm of Hatch & Parent until 1988 and then practiced with the Santa Barbara County Counsel's Office until 1994. Her duties in that capacity included advising the Board of Supervisors and the Planning Commission on land use matters as well as representing the affordable housing program, and acting as legal advisor to the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) and the Beach Erosion Area Conservation (BEACON) multi-jurisdictional agency formed to find unique solutions to beach erosion. Colleen also handled complex real estate transactions both in private practice and public. After leaving the County Counsel's office, Colleen was appointed to the Santa Barbara County Planning Commission, which she served until 2001. Colleen represented the First Supervisorial District, which includes Carpinteria, Montecito, and most of Santa Barbara. She acted as Chair during the Toro Canyon Plan adoption, and numerous other controversial projects.

Colleen is a third generation Santa Barbara native attending Marymount School for grammar and junior high and San Marcos High School. Her husband, William Beall is an attorney with his own practice, Beall & Burkhardt. Will and Colleen have two children, Nicole (Cate High School, '05) and Ryan (Dos Pueblos High School, '08). They are very involved with their children's athletic schedules, which include soccer, basketball, skiing and volleyball. Colleen is also a committed dressage equestrienne with two horses.

Colleen has extensive community service involvement. She is currently a member of the Gaviota Coast Conservancy, the Naples Coalition, and the National Charity League. She is the recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from Marymount School in 1999. She is a past member of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Planned Giving Committee, a past member and Chair of the Santa Barbara County Commission for Women, Marymount School subcommittees, a member of the Santa County Bar Association Board of Directors, and the Samarkand Improvement District Association, among other boards.

Colleen's extensive background has given her an unusually high level of familiarity with the Santa Barbara area, well attuned to land use changes that can influence property values. She prides herself in her negotiating skills and her ability to avoid potential pitfalls by careful preparation. She has handled all types of transactions including great estates, bankruptcy trustee sales and Estate Planning Trustee sales.

You will find Colleen is very accessible and responsive to her clients' needs.