Two operators who rebuilt
management around discipline.
RISE was founded in 2016 by Jason Delgado and John Elmore, business partners who had managed communities together since 2007. They built the firm to bring personal touch, business expertise, and disciplined execution back to community management.
Delgado & Elmore.
A Texas native, Jason Delgado began his career in community association management in 2007 after earning his undergraduate degree in International Business Administration from the University of the Incarnate Word. Since then he has worked in nearly every position in HOA and condominium management — from community manager to general-ledger accountant to chief executive.
Early in his career, while working full time as an executive for an HOA management firm, he earned his MBA with a Finance concentration from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2011. In the decades since, he has guided thousands of HOA and COA board members and overseen hundreds of thousands of homeowners in operations, risk, insurance, and financial management — and is one of the few professionals who specializes in association insurance, having served as president of a specialty HOA and condo risk-services organization.
John Elmore holds a BBA from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he studied business with a focus on accounting. He entered the HOA management industry in 2007, first working with community associations while continuing to serve his country as a reservist.
A decorated USMC combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient of Operation Iraqi Freedom, John has spent roughly two decades honing his craft with community associations across Texas and the Southwest. His expertise centers on high-rise condominiums and large-scale master-planned communities — the discipline that anchors RISE’s condominium practice.
Vision. Alignment.
Execution.
RISE’s leaders come from diverse backgrounds — HOA management, hospitality, finance, engineering, and accounting — united by a shared belief about what makes communities great: consistency of vision, planning, and execution over long periods.
As the founders put it, borrowing from The Work of Leaders: leaders have three fundamental responsibilities — they craft a vision, they build alignment, and they champion execution. Bringing out the greatness in a community takes more than an idea; it takes a system built on the practices that precede great outcomes, and a culture of service, hospitality, and disciplined execution in alignment with the board’s vision.
More about RISE
Accountable in a way
the nationals can’t match.
For a board weighing a switch, the question isn't scale — it's whether anyone will answer the phone and treat your community like it matters. That's the gap RISE was built to close.
What partnering with RISE includes
- A dedicated community manager who knows your community
- Financial statements by the 15th — in-house, accrual basis
- Same-day callbacks and 24/365 emergency availability
- The RiseShield master insurance program