New GM for the Village

HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, Ark. – The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that David Twiggs, Chief Operating Officer of Savannah Lakes Village in South Carolina, has accepted our offer to become the Chief Operating Officer/General Manager of the Hot Springs Village Property Owners’ Association.  Twiggs, who is 48 years old, will assume his new position in early June.  David, his wife Ashley, and daughters Salem and Catherine (CeCe) are very excited about moving to Hot Springs Village.

Directors Tom Bryant and John Cooney led the search committee composed of themselves and three other Hot Springs Village residents, all with years of recruiting experience.   After GSI Executive Search was awarded the contract in January, they executed a national search for the new General Manager.  POA Board President Jerry Kosoglow said,  “Twiggs was one of several candidates all of whom had excellent credentials and experience.   David was picked as clearly the top candidate after two lengthy interviews with Board members and extensive background and reference checks.” 

Before moving to Savannah Lakes in April 2004, Twiggs was general manager of the Bent Tree Community in Jasper, Ga., for five years, and general manager of Linville Land Harbor in Linville, N.C., for four years.  Bent Tree and Linville Land Harbor are both golf-course communities.  He began his career in Plymouth, N.C., where he was town manager for three years.

“We are changing the title from General Manager to COO/General Manager to reflect the broadened perspective we want David to have relative to providing exceptional member services and planning for the future, reinvigorated growth of Hot Springs Village,” Kosoglow said. 

Twiggs has a Master’s degree in Public Administration and a Bachelor’s degree in Tourism and Commercial Recreation from Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C.  

Nationally he is active with the Urban Land Institute, American Planning Association, U.S. Green Building Council, the Congress for the New Urbanism, and the Club Managers Association of America.

David has said he “focuses on finding new models for large-scale community associations to positively impact the tourism-based economic development of their region, while improving the association’s livability and competitive marketing advantage.” 

David feels he can use his education, experience and participation in national associations to advance positive changes for all members (he prefers this term to property owners). 

He has a special interest in sustainable community development and says, “Good communities deliver a triple bottom line: Improved quality of life, environmental stewardship and economic development.”

The Hot Springs Village Property Owners’ Association Board of Directors agrees with him.