🌟 Board Member in the Spotlight: Ken Egan
About Ken, your new Board President….
He built his first home in Briarwood in 1997, where he and his wife, Amanda, raised their two children. Ken moved a few times but never left Briarwood and is a full-time resident. Ken moved to Florida from Germany, where he was employed by the U.S. Government for three years. He came to Naples to visit his Uncle Tom (also a Briarwood Resident) and never left! Along with his family, he founded several successful companies, including jewelry stores, car dealerships, software development, home inspection, property management, and commercial and residential property investments of which continue today. Ken’s business experience led to several certifications, including Real Estate Agent, Auctioneer, Home Inspector, Mold Assessor, Property Manager, and served as the Vice-Chair of the Florida Consumer Council.
If you want to find Ken, it’s easy… he’s often walking his dog “Kona” on Tivoli Drive.
Ken’s Vision:
Ken is self-described as a commonsense kind of guy. He will listen to what you have to say and give you a straight answer with as little delay as possible. Decisions to be made will always be in line with the governing documents of Briarwood and applicable laws all while acting on behalf of what is in the best interest of the community and its members and garnering support of his fellow Board members.
Ken is very big on communication! Because of his long history in Briarwood, he remembers earlier days where volunteers prepared and mailed to each resident the “Briarwood Buzz” which was a multi-page, gloss colored newsletter. Ken is starting here by bringing back a newsletter for the benefit of the residents!
Since joining the Board in January 2025, he played an integral role in upgrading the access control software introducing the use of an app for residents along with many more capabilities and being far more reliable, more robust and user-friendly.
Efforts will be put into our community website for upgrades to communicate better with residents for what’s happening in the community, make available accurate and current community information, required forms for ARCs, resales, leases, governing documents, announcements, meeting notices, meeting minutes, etc. Also, promote and encourage community-wide events which will hopefully be brought back for all residents to enjoy!
A valuable investment is to amend, restate and revise the community governing documents (declaration, bylaws & articles) and Rules and Regulations for much needed updating. There are newer laws to add, procedural items to be included along with outdated and inapplicable language to be omitted.