OUR TEAM

Ying Zhu was born in Shanghai, China, and raised in New York City. Ying is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and Julliard; an award-winning, classically-trained concert pianist and music teacher. Seeking a respite from big city life, she moved from New York City to Chapel Hill. She now owns and runs a piano studio in Chapel Hill, teaching nearly thirty students. In 2019, following her long-time passion for real estate and investing, Ying started working for Mill House Properties as a Leasing Consultant and is now our Property Manager. Ying’s desire to learn the business motivated her to earn her real estate Broker's license.

Leasing: leasing@millhouseproperties.com

Sales: ying@millhouseproperties.com

Judy Tripp is a native and lifelong resident of Chapel Hill. She joined Mill House Properties at the beginning of 2024 following its acquisition of A2Z Realty. With over 20 years of expertise in leasing, customer service, accounting, office administration, and HOA management, she brings a wealth of knowledge to the team. Outside of work, Judy loves boating, unwinding at the lake, or enjoying the beach. She is deeply connected to her church, values family time, and finds joy in singing and spending moments with her grandchildren.

email: judy@millhouseproperties.com

Joshua is a graduate of the School of Hard Knocks with an honorary degree in Bear Fighting from Anchorage University. He has lived and traveled all over the United states from Alaska to Texas to California to New York and still hasn't found the tree he's looking for to build his dream home. He has built more than a hundred homes and buildings in his 30 years as a carpenter but finds himself living in a trailer by a lake in North Carolina. He has been a bike messenger in Washington, DC and San Francisco but couldn't figure out how to ride back to Ireland where his people are from. Josh is an avid photographer and an accomplished Woodsmith. He loves dogs and has a one-year-old pup named Soup.

email: maintenance@millhouseproperties.com

Laurin graduated from UNC with her Bachelor's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. She brings over 15 years of experience in customer service, project management, and business process optimization. She spends her free time creating paper crafts, reading speculative fiction, and playing video games. You can occasionally find her and her husband roaming through botanical gardens or nature trails hunting for their favorite plants and animals.

email: rentals@millhouseproperties.com

Michelle Johnson is a graduate of The Ohio State University with a degree in Business Administration. She has been in HOA management for fifteen years. Michelle has worked multiple roles in the company including Office Manager, Community Manager and most recently as Director of Operations.. Her extensive experience working with HOA Boards, vendors and homeowners makes her uniquely qualified to provide communities with the guidance and support they are looking for in a property management company.

email: hoa@millhouseproperties.com

Annetta Jones Hoggard grew up in Raleigh and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in English Literature. After working in advertising, publicity and communications for many years in New York City, Hilton Head Island and Washington D.C. , she took a walkabout of several months in Europe to pursue her artistic and musical interests. Upon return to NC, she worked as a publicist for UNC-TV before marrying and starting a family. While her children were young she returned to university to pursue a major in Studio Art subsequently teaching at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh. Annetta is new to HOA management but is excited to join the team and use her communication background while building new skills in the field. She still hopes to make time for her art, music, gardening, walking and reading (but not at the same time).

email: hoa@millhouseproperties.com

Tara Lacara grew up working in her family’s real estate business in Pennsylvania before attending Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts. After studying accounting, she went on to work at a large law firm in Boston before relocating to North Carolina. Tara was the Finance Director for a Chapel Hill private school and Finance Manager for Berkeley Property Management, which later merged with Mill House when they added their HOA division in 2019.

email: accounts@millhouseproperties.com