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VOL. 32 NO. 2 FAX 561-624-9088 • E-MAIL canpga@yahoo.com FEBRUARY 2022

PGA POA Annual Meeting And Election

The PGA POA Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 6 p.m. in the PGA Resort Grand Ballroom. The meeting notice will be sent in mid-February
and will contain an update on the proposed sculpture at the PGA main entry. At the meeting, five individuals will be elected to serve on the nine member Board of Governors.
Please see the information below and continued on page 2 for each of the candidates: Keith Ahronheim, Michael (Mike) Bernstein, Robert (Bob) Brown, Mike Engelsher,
Robert (Bob) Kramer, James (Jim) Kraus and David B. Reiss.

PGA Property Owners Association, Inc. – Candidate Information

Board Of Governors Election And Annual Meeting: March 16, 2022

Keith Ahronheim systems in Colorado, Texas and Ohio. Among his many Mike Engelsher
responsibilities was ensuring each health care system(s)
Keith purchased a home in the Patio Homes community had a clear strategic plan to guide its future. Mike has been a full time resident of Eagleton Lakes
in 2006 and became a full time resident in 2010. He has Mike has served on many different community since 1999. Mike is a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean
served on the POA Board for the past four years and serves Boards of Trustees and HOA’s throughout his career. He War. He studied Economics and Transportation Law at
on the Security and Rules committees. In addition, he has is an active volunteer at the Palm Beach Gardens Police New York University and he was admitted to practice
served on the Patio Homes HOA Board for the past ten Department and, for the past year he served on the PGA before several Federal Transportation Regulatory
years and is currently the HOA Treasurer. POA Architectural Review Committee in preparation for Agencies. Prior to retiring from American Express as
He is a graduate of the Stetson University College of Law running for the election to the PGA Board of Governors. Corporate Director of Worldwide Logistics, his business
and holds a BA Economics from Adelphi University, Garden He appreciates the beauty of PGA National and wants career included holding senior executive Distribution,
City, N.Y. Keith has always been involved in community the opportunity to continue to serve his home community. Logistics and Transportation Management positions
service. He currently serves on the City of Palm Beach Specifically, he hopes to enhance open communications with Fortune 100 companies. He served on the Boards
Gardens Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and the between the PGA Board of Governors and the residents; of Directors of a number of business trade associations.
County of Palm Beach Fair Housing and Equal Employment strive to increase the value of our homes and communities; Mike was elected to the POA PGA Board of Governors
Advisory Board. His background includes being a guest and ensure a future vision and plan for PGA National is in 2006. Mike served as Vice President until 2017
lecturer for the Executive Leadership Council, Palm Beach openly communicated. when he was elected President. Mike also chaired the
State College; Chairman Homeless Committee for Palm Architectural Review Committee through 2017 and
Beach County Affordable Housing Coalition; Executive Robert (Bob) Brown continues to Chair the POA Security Committee. Mike
Committee member of Palm Beach Continuum of Care also served on the Veterans Garden dedication committee.
(Homeless & Housing Alliance of PB County); in House Bob and his wife, Estelle, live in General Pointe and He represents PGA POA as a Director of the North County
General Counsel for Real Estate Education and Community have been full time residents of PGA National since Neighborhood Coalition and until recently was a member
Housing, Inc. (R.E.A.C.H.) in Palm Beach Gardens and 1994. Bob and Estelle have both been active in the PGA of the Eagleton Lakes HOA Board of Directors.
VP for Chase Bank. He is also a volunteer captain for PGA community since they moved here. They were originally Mike would appreciate the opportunity to continue
Men’s Golf Tournament (Honda Classic), Gainsbridge residents of Villa D’ Este where Bob served on their Board serving on the PGA Board of Governors. As a full time
LPGA at Boca Rio Boca and The TimberTech PGA Tour as Secretary/Treasurer. He has also served on the PGA resident, he is very aware of the need for PGA to remain
Championship at the Broken Sound Club. Members Club Golf Committee and is the past Treasurer of competitive with newer communities. It is important to
Keith feels he would continue to be an asset to the the Eagleton Pointe HOA and past Treasurer of PGA POA him that the POA Board remains committed to improving
PGA POA Board of Governors and would appreciate the Board of Governors. Bob also a member of the Security and maintaining the quality of life in PGA National.
opportunity to continue to provide his experience and and Architectural Review Committees for PGA POA. With
expertise to the Board and residents of PGA. his background in Systems Engineering and knowledge Robert (Bob) Kramer
of Computer Systems, he helps with the Board’s focus on
Michael (Mike) Bernstein beautification and security while monitoring finances. Bob Kramer and his wife, Marilyn, purchased their
Bob has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering home in Fairway Villas in 2010. Bob has served on the
Mike and his wife, Robin, were frequent visitors to and did post graduate work in Nuclear Physics. During his Fairway Villas Board since 2012 and is currently their
the PGA National community for 25 years. In 2019, they employment he worked on the first automated air traffic Treasurer. Since joining the PGA POA Board of Governors
moved to the Marlwood Estates community as full-time control system, Doppler radar systems and Air Traffic in 2015, he has assisted with a number of Committees and
residents. Control Systems. Before retiring and moving to PGA, he is presently the Chairman of the Maintenance Committee
He attended the University of Oklahoma, where he spent 18 years working on the Hubble Space Telescope and Rules Committee. Bob is currently the Treasurer of
received his B.S. in Microbiology and an M.P.H. in (HST) as Systems Engineering Manager. Bob also was the PGA POA Board of Governors.
Health Care Administration. Prior to retirement, he spent part of the Payload Control Center at NASA for the launch Bob holds an MBA in Accounting from St. John’s
40 years serving as a Senior Executive in distinguished and checkout of the HST and its first servicing mission. University. Before moving to Florida, he was the Manager
health care systems. His responsibilities included strategic He appreciates your support and would be honored to of Taxation, Finance and Employee Benefits for Swiss
and operational oversight of multiple hospitals and he continue to serve the residents of PGA National by serving Air. After leaving Swiss Air, he served on a number of
served as the Chief Strategy Officer in multi-hospital on the PGA POA Board of Governors. philanthropic organizations and was on the Board of the
International Airline Federal Credit Union for over ten
years, including eight years as Treasurer. This background
has given Bob a unique ability to work with residents and
other board members to find amicable solutions to many
issues.
Bob would appreciate the opportunity to serve another
term on the Board of Governors and to ensure that
improvements continue to be made to the POA common
areas in order for property values to continue to increase.

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