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Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees for The Environmental Institute for Golf comprises 15 individuals charged with the following responsibilities:

  • establish the vision of The Institute consistent with its exempt purpose
  • establish long-range plans consistent with its mission
  • adopt financial plans, including the fundraising goals
  • conduct periodic reviews of progress against those financial plans in order to fulfill its fiduciary responsibilities

The board is responsible for advancement, including establishing basic policies and program review, of the following areas:

  • Publicity, public relations and special events that will enhance the visibility, understanding and image of The Institute and its mission.
  • Fundraising programs that will seek gifts from individuals and organizations, foundations and the golfing public to support:
    • annual fund for current operations
    • projects in long-range plans
    • endowment campaigns

The board shall at all times consider the best interest of the golf course management profession and the broader interest of golf, and work in concert with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) to collaborate as appropriate.

Board of Trustees
March 2010– February 2011
Officers

Bob Wood, Chairman
Vice President, Nike Inc.
Beaverton, Oregon

Rae Forker Evans, Vice Chairwoman/Treasurer
Evans Capitol Group
Former chairman of the LPGA
Washington, DC

James R. Fitzroy, CGCS, Secretary
 GCSAA President
Director of Golf, Presidents Golf Course
North Quincy, Massachusetts

David Pillsbury, Immediate Past Chairman
President of PGA TOUR Golf Course Properties
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida

Trustees

Rhett Evans
 Interim GCSAA CEO
Lawrence, Kansas

Steven Fisher
Plaza Construction Corp.
New York, New York

Jane Geddes
Sr. Vice President, Tournament Operations, LPGA
Daytona Beach, Florida

Morgan Gregory
President, Glen Arbor Golf Club
Bedford, New York

Herbert V. Kohler Jr.
Chairman, CEO of The Kohler Co.
Kohler, Wisconsin

Bill Kubly
Founder, Landscapes Unlimited
Lincoln, Nebraska

Victoria Martz, ASGCA
 Victoria Martz Golf Design Inc.
Jacksonville, Florida

Greg Norman
 Chairman and CEO of Great White Shark Enterprises
West Palm Beach, Florida

Sanford G. Queen, CGCS
GCSAA Secretary/Tresurer
Manager of Golf Course Operations
Overland Park, Kansas

Robert M. Randquist, CGCS
GCSAA Vice President
Boca Rio Golf Club
Boca Raton, Florida

James T. Snow
 National Director of the USGA Green Section
Far Hills, New Jersey

The Environmental Institute for Golf
1421 Research Park Drive
Lawrence, KS 66049-3859
Tel. (800) 472-7878 or (785) 841-2240
Contact us at fundmail@gcsaa.org

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