HOA Board and Employees 10.2.2025
- Martha Dobson
- Oct 2, 2025
- 2 min read
As a new organization, Chinquapin Homeowners Association Board's first step is planning and strategy. We’ve assigned roles and we’re working first on Policies and Compliance, Operations, Communications, and Strategic Goals. We have a 30 day plan and items were assigned to each Board member. Top priorities include job descriptions, employment contracts, Letter of Agreement planning, a communications strategy, evaluation of the current Architecture Review process, an operations plan, evaluation of the financial and accounting process, road signs, and the Cow Mountain log pile clean-up. From now through October, we’re in “work mode”. A strategic planning session is on tap in early November where the Board will review the findings and establish our 2026 plan. For those who have volunteered on committees, thank you so much for doing so! We had a tremendous response. Give the Board a couple of months to get its plan together and then we’ll be more formally establishing our committees.
The Executive Committee includes Allen Dobson - President, Brent Walker - Treasurer, Kay Lucas - Secretary, Doug Barber - Vice President of Administration, Bill Benner - Vice President of Operations. Other Board members and their areas of focus include: Tim Wellman - Policy and Compliance, Emma Geisler - Strategy, Sally Alvis - Communications, Frank Gaston - Operations, Rich Vieitez - Operations, Mark Adkins - Operations and Steve Gajda - Operations. Read employee information below the Board's contact info.
Allen Dobson adobson1600@gmail.com 704.791.2696
Bill Benner williamlbenner@gmail.com 469.203.5838
Brent Walker brentk1200S@gmail.com 678.447.7633
Doug Barber doug.e.barber@live.com 469.713.9184
Emma Giesler horselover0428@gmail.com 585.944.6464
Mark Adkins MarkAdkins@waterfrontgrp.com 704.906.3739
Frank Gaston gastonf35@yahoo.com 843.384.8366
Kay Lucas lucas.kay@gmail.com 770.825.3589
Rich Vieitez daytonatanning@gmail.com 386.283.7466
Sally Alvis sally.alvis@gmail.com 936.366.7975
Tim Wellman timwellman@verizon.net 941.526.4966
Our employees are Katie Adams Nicholson, general manager, Rhonda Lekan, office manager, and Lucas Murdoch, property manager.
Katie is extremely knowledgeable about the Chinquapin property and its prior history as a private property owned by the Carlton family and its change to the development it is now. In 2015, she joined the Waterfront Group when it bought the property and managed the office as well as selling Chinquapin properties.In 2021 she left to expand her business and continue to sell Chinquapin property and throughout the Cashiers/Highlands area. Katie is employed as the general manager, working part time (50%).
Lucas Murdock is our longtime property manager and longtime resident of our area. Lucas has a black lab named Bee Dee, for black dog, and enjoys hunting large game. Chinquapin is lucky to have Lucas.
Rhonda Lekan began working with Chinquapin in the spring of 2025. Rhonda is the office manager. She grew up on a farm in Transylvania County and moved to Jackson County seven years ago. Before joining Chinquapin, she worked 26 years in Quality Control for a Brevard electronics company and earned a 2 year degree in office management at age 50. She and Eric have 2 grown children and a special great-nephew who lives in North Dakota. Rhonda and Eric like to ride their Harley on weekend getaways and kayak as weather permits.
