Leadership | Preserve Communities

Preserve Communities Leadership Team

We have a seasoned leadership team that combines decades of experience with a commitment to thoughtful, inspired development.

Partners

In support of the Preserve Communities real estate executive team, we have two entities playing a crucial role in our operations and investments.

Collins & Fine Group

Collins & Fine Group works with premier real estate developers in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and beyond to develop and implement integrated sales, marketing, and community development programs.

TPC Capital

Our independent investment arm partners with clients to provide loans, equity and financing for real estate projects in need of capital

Collins & Fine Group

Collins & Fine Group works with premier real estate developers in South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia and beyond to develop and implement integrated sales, marketing, and community development programs.

TPC Capital

Our independent investment arm partners with clients to provide loans, equity and financing for real estate projects in need of capital

Bobby Masters

President

Bobby Masters has been developing and marketing highly amenitized master-planned communities since the mid-1980s. Beginning with Wild Dunes Resort in Charleston, SC and most recently at St. James Plantation in Southport, NC, Bobby has led the development and sales activities at over 15 large communities comprising over 25,000 acres of land, over 30,000 residential homes, and multiple golf courses, clubhouses, aquatic centers, food and beverage outlets, marinas, hospitality operations and homeowner association management.

Having served in an executive role, Bobby has been involved in projects from start to finish, from acquisition to planning and permitting, to construction of infrastructure, to building of homes and condominiums, to overseeing the marketing and sales processes for all products, creating and operating clubs and organizing and managing homeowner associations. He is also the General Manager of the Bay Creek development.

Bobby obtained both an accounting and a law degree from the University of South Carolina and is currently an active member of the South Carolina Bar.

David Brannon

Executive Vice President Land Planning

David has been working with founder Jack Fisher for over 18 years, envisioning, planning and designing Preserve Communities projects from the mountains to the coast. He has a keen sense of awareness of the finely tuned balances of interests necessary to create special places that honor the integrity of the land—yet also give rise to innovative planning and development practices that ultimately offer all of the features to community stakeholders that make Preserve Communities developments stand out from the ordinary.

David founded his own design company, Site Rhythms, which functions as Preserve Communities’ in-house design firm. Prior to that, beginning in 1995, David worked with Wood & Partners and Land Design, Inc, two of the country’s most respected land planning and landscape architecture firms. That experience enabled David to be involved in planning major communities throughout the southeast and garnered him valued “hand’s on” time working with major developers in building many iconic communities.

David holds a B.S. in Landscape Architecture from Clemson University.

Jeff Coggin

Manager of Preserve South Holdings

With an experienced background in accounting, finance, and tax, Jeff is a highly experienced executive having served in the capacities of Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer throughout career which includes foreign and domestic entities. He served as President/CEO of The SIM Group for over 30 years, which was engaged in several industries, including agriculture, real estate development, home building, golf operations, consulting and management services. SIM represented a derivation of the McDonald Estate (UK) and its related holdings within the US, UK, Switzerland, Spain, Lichtenstein, Panama, Bermuda and the Isle of Man. During his time at SIM, Jeff was responsible for the development of some of the most successful communities in the southeast, including Brickyard Plantation in Charleston, SC, The Golf Club of South Carolina in Florence, SC, and many more. Jeff not only headed up the acquisition and development of these projects but also established and ran a successful homebuilding company that built and sold over 5,000 homes.

Early in his career, Jeff had the opportunity to work with iconic developers, Canal Wood Corporation, Leonard, Call & Taylor, and Snowshoe Resort.

Jeff is the Manager and an Executive Committee member of Preserve South Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Preserve Communities, which owns and manages the East Argent, New Hampstead and West Argent developments. He is also the President of Preserve Homes & Neighborhoods.

Jeff holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University of South Carolina. During his career, he has provided oversight and management of McDonald Estate international holdings, operating entities and related trusts. He has also been responsible for facilitating philanthropic grants to worldwide charities for children and educational institutions.

Andrew Marriner

Senior Vice President Finance

Andrew Marriner is a Senior Management Executive and former “Big-4 CPA” with broad-based financial management, technology, and operations management experience. For the last seven years, Andrew served as the VP, Finance & Chief Operating Officer for the Sterling Planet Holdings Group of companies. The Sterling brand included Sterling Planet, Inc., a four-time award winner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Supplier of the Year, and Sterling Energy Assets, Inc., a developer of more than $300 million in renewable energy power projects. Prior to joining Sterling, Andrew served as the Chief Financial Officer for a Retail Energy Provider in the Deregulated Energy Markets after leaving Hillwood Development Group, a Perot Company, where he co-led the organization through several financial initiatives including preparation for a public offering. Andrew started his financial career as an auditor and consultant with the E&Y Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group of Ernst & Young LLP.

Jennifer Buntin

Vice President of Marketing

Jennifer Fisher-Buntin is the Vice President of Marketing for Preserve Communities. She oversees marketing and communications efforts for the company’s various holdings while also serving as the General Manager for French Broad Crossing and the Preserve at Little Pine, our two active communities near Asheville, NC.

Prior to joining the team in 2018, Jennifer had spent the past 12 years living and working in Lexington, Kentucky. A graduate of Centre College, Jennifer spent 6 years working for Darley America, HRH Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai’s American thoroughbred breeding operation. During her tenure, Jennifer spearheaded the operation’s CRM system (sales database), oversaw local advertising, and managed VIP client hospitality, special events and the farm’s tour program. In 2014, Jennifer joined the marketing team as a manager at Keeneland Race Course, the world’s largest thoroughbred auction house. There she oversaw the advertising needs of the company’s seven business units while also managing the in-house design team. She has extensive experience in advertising agency management and has a passion for digital marketing and analytics.

Jennifer and her family moved to Georgia to be closer to the team in the fall of 2018. She and her husband Michael welcomed their second child in May 2020. She loves hiking, gardening, UGA football, and has previously served as an International Officer for her sorority, Alpha Delta Pi.

Greg Gotsch

Director of Visualization/GIS Analyst

With over 18 years of experience in the land development, planning and architecture industries, Greg has been involved with Preserve Communities since 2006. He has been creating visualizations and animations for public and private entities for most of his career. Greg’s visualization work has been used to assist in the raising of over $10M dollars for an array of public and private projects, has been featured on the DIY etwork and Turner Broadcasting Systems, and used in several printed publications.

Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia. His background in planning and his knowledge of leading visualization platforms have helped many proposed projects come to fruition by aiding in the funding and decision-making critical to the process.

Bruce Fine

Founding Partner, Collins & Fine Group

Bruce is a sales, marketing, and country club management professional with thirty years’ experience on regional, national, and international levels.

Prior to co-founding Collins & Fine in 2020, Bruce was Executive Vice-President of Consulting Services for IMI Worldwide Properties, managing a team of seasoned industry professionals providing sales and marketing consulting services to developers throughout the Southeast.

Bruce has ‘boots on the ground’ experience in literally every aspect of the master-planned community space, including hands-on participation in country club management, community development and operations, Builder Guild programs, HOA Board management, and Architectural Review committees.

Bruce’s community sales and sales management experience include a recent role as Director of Sales and Marketing for The Residences at Four Seasons Anguilla, a condo-hotel project owned by Starwood Capital Group. Other notable sales, marketing and management positions include Director of Sales and Marketing at The Cliffs Communities in Asheville, North Carolina, Director of Sales and Marketing at Carlton Woods in The Woodlands, Texas, and General Manager at Balsam Mountain Preserve in Jackson County, North Carolina.

A native of South Carolina, Bruce is a die-hard Georgia Bulldog and holds both a Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing and a Master’s Degree in International Business from the University of Georgia. He and his wife, Nikki, reside in Greenville, South Carolina and have two children, David and Emily.

Dan Collins

Founding Partner, Collins & Fine Group

For 37 years, Dan has directed innovative marketing, lead generation and lead tracking programs for many of the most prominent and successful luxury resort real estate developers in the world.

Prior to Collins & Fine, Dan co-founded IMI Worldwide Properties in 1991, building a firm that has generated over $9 billion in closed luxury resort real estate sales at some of the most recognized real estate communities in North America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Today, as a Principal Partner in Collins & Fine, Dan continues to re-make the landscape of luxury real estate marketing and sales throughout the industry.

Dan is a University of Georgia graduate, a licensed real estate broker-in-charge and was recognized as a Greenville, SC “Entrepreneur of the Year”. He is a frequent speaker and panelist with groups that focus on trends relating to the luxury real estate sector. Dan resides in Greenville, South Carolina with his wife Reba. Both their children, Russell and Rebecca work for Collins & Fine.

Mark Nay

President, TPC Capital

Mark Nay has been actively working in the financial sector for nearly 40 years, with significant experience in the real estate sector. For the past six years, he has focused exclusively on Residential Real Estate and Development as well as Industrial and Commercial Real Estate. He has held multiple senior leadership roles at various banks over his career, including CEO and President at two regional banks. At Preserve Communities, Mark plays a crucial role as a commercial lender for the company’s various national landholdings.

Mark obtained his Economics degree from Wake Forest University, attended the Graduate School of Banking at LSU, Baton Rouge, LA and obtained his Master of Business Administration in Finance from Kennesaw State University.