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ABOUT OUR
COMPANY: Defender Resorts, Inc. has been
providing quality management service to the timeshare/vacation
ownership industry for over 30 years. We are currently managing 16
resorts (18 Associations) with offices in five states. Our corporate
headquarters is located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Defender Resorts specializes in customized management services
utilizing experienced personnel and finely tuned systems, which
provide a significant foundation for analyzing existing operations
and a formula for excellence. We have vast experience in areas of
owner databases, owner communications, refurbishment and renovation,
budgeting and long-term planning, quality controls, financial
reporting and analysis, and most importantly, human resources
management.
We are prepared to provide the tools to the Board of Directors to
make the decisions necessary to improve upon the vacation experience
for all owners and we welcome the opportunity to implement those
policies.
Defender Resorts, Inc. began in 1979 as a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Defender Industries of Columbia, South Carolina. In 1988 Defender
Industries' successor sold its interest in both Defender Services
and Defender Resorts to the managing employees of each respective
company. Ken McKelvey, currently Chairman and CEO, became a
principle Stockholder and President of Defender Resorts. In 1989,
both Mark Westbrook, currently President and COO, and Frank Baker,
currently Executive Vice-President, joined the company and
subsequently became stockholders in Defender Resorts, Inc.
The company and Mr. McKelvey were instrumental in the development,
sales and marketing of:
The Beach House Golf & Racquet Club, completed in 1982.
The Links Golf & Racquet Club, completed in 1983.
Ocean Villas Resort, completed in 1985.
Atalaya Towers Resort, completed in 1986.
These entities began the full-service management of interval
ownership resorts by Defender.
Defender presently manages timeshare resorts in Myrtle Beach &
North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Ocean City, Maryland; Dewey
Beach, Delaware; Boca Raton & Jensen Beach, Florida and Lenox & Cape
Cod, Massachusetts.
Ken McKelvey - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Mark Westbrook - President and Chief Operating Officer.
Frank Baker - Executive Vice President. |
ABOUT OUR
CORPORATE OFFICERS:
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Ken McKelvey
Chairman & Chief Exec. Officer
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Ken is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Registered
Resort Professional (RRP). He is a licensed builder in South
Carolina and a Real Estate Broker in both North and South
Carolina. He has served as Co-Chairman of the American
Resort Development Association (ARDA) Resale Committee and
as Chairman of ARDA-Carolinas. He has served as an Awards
Judge for various management categories in ARDA for many
years and presently serves on The Finance Committee and is a
member of the ARDA Board of Directors. He is a member of the
Resort Owners Coalition Executive Council (ARDA-ROC) where
he presently serves as Chairman
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His previous
experience includes that of a principal in a CPA firm for 15
years; controller and financial vice president for a large
privately-held industrial maintenance and real estate
development firm; participated in the development, sales and
marketing of numerous timeshare resorts in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Ken has been directly involved in real estate property
development, sales, and management for the last 37 years.
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He is married has
three sons, one daughter, and six grandchildren and is a
Deacon at Wampee Baptist Church, and formerly served as a
Sunday School Teacher.
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Mark Westbrook
President
and
Chief Operations Officer
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Mark joined Defender Resorts in 1985. He has more
than 20 years of extensive hospitality experience involving all
facets of resort and property management operations and is a
shareholder in Defender Resorts, Inc.
Mark’s responsibilities have included the
complete management oversight and operations planning for
timeshare, quarter-share and whole ownership properties and
associations. Other responsibilities included planning,
reviewing and implementing the corporation’s policy &
procedures, contract review and negotiations, insurance policy(s)
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Mark’s extensive knowledge and background leads to a high
proficiency within all areas of both property management and
team building programs that are necessary to achieve a
successful and cohesive resort operation. Mark has been involved
in various community as well as industry organizations and is a
current member of ARDA – Resort Owners’ Coalition, Horry County
School-Business Partnership Council and Myrtle Beach Area
Hospitality Association.
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Frank Baker
Executive
Vice President
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Frank is a
Vacation Ownership professional with over 30 years
of in-depth experience in management, sales and
marketing in this industry.
He has a degree in business and holds a real
estate license in South Carolina, North Carolina,
Tennessee and Massachusetts.
He is a member of the American Resort
Development Association, ARDA Carolinas, Grand
Strand Vacation Ownership and The Myrtle Beach
Chamber Co-Op Members Association and Myrtle Beach
Area Hospitality Association.
He has been a guest speaker at many ARDA
functions over the years.
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Frank is also Executive Vice President of Defender
Realty, Inc. and is a shareholder in Defender Resorts and Defender Realty. He has been
involved in the sales, marketing and development of
timeshare properties in a number of states over the years. He and his partner started Defender Realty, Inc.
in 1990 and has established that company as a major
leader in the vacation ownership resale market along the
East Coast.
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He is a member at Lakeside Baptist
Church where he serves on a number of committees. |
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