Get to know the passionate individuals who lead our community initiatives, ensuring a vibrant and thriving environment for all property owners.
Our Leadership Team
POA Officers
Reb Benson
President
BIO
Richard (Reb) Benson has served as the POA Secretary since 2019. In addition, he is the lead person on the POA Membership Help Desk. In 2022, Reb was elected by the Residents of CDD-2 to the Amenity Authority Committee (AAC); the AAC is responsible for amenity services north of C.R. 466. Reb Benson moved from Virginia to The Villages in 2018 and lives in the village of Palo Alto with his wife, Vicki.
Mr. Benson retired from Air Force Civil Service as a GS-15 in February 2018 after 11 years of negotiating and implementing international arms control treaties and agreements.
In addition, Mr. Benson is a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 23 years of distinguished service in space and missile operations, serving as a crew commander, staff officer, and strategic planner. He commanded a Recruiting Squadron and served in various staff assignments for Strategic Air Command and Headquarters, Air Force.
Mr. Benson was also a Program Manager and Senior Analyst for Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC); currently, he is a SAIC Senior Consultant.
Reb is a Golf Ambassador at The Villages Tierra Del Sol golf course. He enjoys playing golf and flying radio-controlled airplanes. He is a Deacon at First Baptist Church at The Villages.
Dan Warren
Vice President
BIO
n 2022, Dan was elected by the voters living in CDD-9 to NSCUDD. NSCUDD is North Sumter County Utility Dependent District. It provides trash, water, wastewater, and non-potable irrigation water service for the homes located in CDDs 5-9.
Dan Warren is a University of Wisconsin registered professional Civil Engineer with an MBA in finance from DeVry University.
He has extensive experience in land development, construction, and project management of major stormwater, solid waste, water, and wastewater treatment systems. He is intimately familiar with all aspects of this infrastructure, such as planning, engineering, finance, construction, operation, maintenance, and regulatory compliance. A perfect fit for the NSCUDD board position.
Dan has attended numerous NSCUDD meetings over the years, providing citizen input. He most recently provided alternative suggestions for the process of the CSU purchase from the developer, solid waste conversion to the Waste-to-Energy disposal option, and changing water and irrigation meter readings from manual to automated. He is up to speed and ready for the challenge.
Dan was also dedicated to serving the public as commission president of the Waukesha Wisconsin Water Utility for 24 years and was elected to the Waukesha School Board for 21 years. He is a current member of The Villages Architectural Review Committee representing District #9.
Cliff Wiener
Treasurer
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(352) 418-7372
Cliff Wiener has served on the POA board for the last 13 years and the last ten as president.
Since moving to the Villages in 2002, he has been a Guardian Ad Litem in Marion County, a member of the CIC, on the Architectual Review Committee (ARC) for 4 years (Chairman), and now serves as a District 4 board supervisor. He is a member of the Ohio Buckeye Club, Forest City Masonic Lodge #388 in Cleveland Ohio, Villages Masonic Lodge #394, Bahia Shrine, Villages Shrine Club, and the High Twelve Club of the Villages.
Before retirement he was a member of Local 38 IBEW and retired after 41 yrs as an electrician.
Karen O'Farrell
Secretary
BIO
Karen has resided in The Villages since 2018 and was elected to the POA Board in 2025. Before moving to Florida and the Village of Piedmont, she was a resident of West Lafayette, Indiana.
Karen is a graduate of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She worked in a medical environment for over 35 years as support staff to many departments in a large multi-hospital organization, including several years in the Quality Assurance Department of a 350-bed hospital.
Additionally, Karen served on the West Lafayette Community School Board and was active in the local community. She has always been interested in the activities of local government, and that interest remains and is evidenced by regular attendance at POA meetings, the Amenity Authority Committee meetings, and her local District 4 meetings.
POA Board of Directors
Tita Dumagsa
Director
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(352) 391-4828
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A resident of the Village of Fenney, originally from Cebu, Philippines, and a resident of Northern Virginia before moving to The Villages in 2016, Theresita “Tita” Dumagsa is a Dietitian by education. She was Valedictorian of her high school class and is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila, Philippines, Cum Laude. Shy of a thesis, Tita completed her Masters graduate studies in Food Services Administration at the Rutgers State University of NJ. Her professional career was as a Food Service Director, Chief Dietitian and a Nutrition College Professor and Training Dietitian in various hospitals and nursing homes in the Philippines, New Jersey and Virginia. Tita was the Editor-in-Chief of her high school and college papers. After retiring from Dietetics, Tita worked with United Airlines as a Human Resources Executive. She was the immediate Past President of the United Airlines Retiree Group of The Villages, aka the Citrus Groupers. She was also a successful restauranteur.
In 2017, Tita received the prestigious Most Influential Woman in the World Award from the Filipina Women’s Network (Global FWN 100) in the “Behind the Scenes Leader” category, which recognizes 100 women of Philippine ancestry in the world who are changing the face of leadership in the global workplace. They have each reached status for outstanding work in their respective fields and are recognized for their achievements and contributions to society, mentorship, and legacy, and they are a driving force behind the success of a social cause or life issue, a community organization’s projects, or initiatives.
Her life’s work has been to advocate for those who need a voice to help lift people from poverty in the Philippines through numerous grant proposals she had written that provided for education, livelihood and recovery from catastrophic natural disasters. Tita is a Board Director of the Property Owners Association of The Villages (POA) since 2017. She is a Lector at St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Wildwood, FL, an active member of the Republican Federation of Women in The Villages, Secretary of the CITAA , a member of the Fil-AM Club of the Villages, a Board Director of AAPA,Inc. an organization that helps aborigines in the Philippines with Feeding Programs and Livelihood Projects.
Tita sees her involvement with the POA as a means of giving back to the community for the blessings she has received since moving to The Villages. It also fulfills her personal philosophy of “In service to others above self for the greater good.” which she believes what the POA is all about.
Ken Knodel
Director
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POA membership functions.
(330) 388-2308
kknodel@poa4us.org
Ken Knodel was elected to the board in 2022 and has been a Villages resident since 2017, living in Dist 1.
Ken resided in Summit County, Ohio, for approximately 51 years, being employed by the County Government for the last 20 years of my employment. He started out as a member of the Board of Review, hearing property tax appeals, and then spent 18 years as an Administrator in the Community and Economic Development, overseeing various State and Federal Programs. In the last three years, He transferred to the County Fiscal Office being promoted to Director of the Services Division.
Ken also was elected to serve the residents of the City of Green, serving as Vice President and President during his term of service. He was elected chairman of the committee that reviewed and implemented the living stream of all City Meetings and special events.