Board appoints Luessen, Ely, Steele, & Coy as officers

Bill Gatewood, a Stoney Creek resident who has served in the Wintergreen Property Owners Association’s public safety division in several roles including work as an officer with Wintergreen Police, has been elected to serve on WPOA’s Board of Directors.

"I would like for our property owners to be more informed, have better access to our board and management staff, and improve transparency," Gatewood said in his application to run for the WPOA board. "Additionally, technological improvements would allow for greater access and keep in line with today’s norm. "

There were two positions on the board to be filled in this year’s election. Karen Asher took the other spot on the board, winning reelection for a second four-year term. Asher said she is focused on “responsible and reasonable resource allocation." There were six candidates for the two positions this year.

Read more on Gatewood and Asher on the candidate biographies provided by the WPOA here, which also includes information on all six of the 2019 candidates.

Gatewood won the spot on the WPOA board left open by retiring board member John Claman.

WPOA’s election is done using ballots mailed to Wintergreen property owners which are collected via return main or at the WPOA annual meeting. The election results were announced at the annual meeting on November 9th.

In other news regarding the WPOA Board of Directors, new officers have been selected by the board. Larry Luessen is now president, Joe Ely was named vice president, Tom Steele is serving as board secretary and John Coy will be the board treasurer, reports WPOA Executive Director Jay Roberts. The board elects officers for one-year terms.