Andy Twisdale

Andy Twisdale has been an area resident since 1971 and was a graduate of the inaugural Leadership Hilton Head's class of 1986. He was selected as the 1998 and 2013 Realtor of the Year and elected President of the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors in both 2000 and 2006. He served on the Hilton Head Area Association of Realtors' Board of Directors from 1995 to 2009 and is an RPAC Board of Trustee for the South Carolina Realtors Association, 2010 to present. Along with being a two-time Realtor of the Year recipient, Andy has also received the Realtor Service Award, 1995-2022 and was recently named South Carolina’s Realtor Advocate in 2013 for his tireless efforts in equating South Carolina’s housing insurance inequity. Andy’s hometown is Enfield, North Carolina and he attended East Carolina University. He has lived on Hilton Head Island for over 50 years and in Hilton Head Plantation for 30 years He is married to Gail Twisdale, who retired as a Literacy Specialist with the Hilton Head International Baccalaureate Elementary School, the 2001 Teacher of the Year, and a 2004 Sue West Teacher of the Year award recipient. Andy believes in giving back. As a result, his community involvement includes being a member of the Second Helpings Board of Directors, the American Cancer Relay for Life Committee, Co-Chair and then Chair of the United Way Hilton Head Campaign, also serving on the Board of Directors of the Beaufort County United Way of the Lowcountry for four years and as a volunteer for twelve consecutive years. His hobbies and interests include food, cooking, and politics.