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Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees for The Environmental Institute for Golf is comprised of 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
February 2008– February 2009
Officers

Bob Wood, Chairman
President of Nike Golf
Beaverton, Oregon

Ken Melrose, Vice Chairman/Treasurer
Leading by Serving, LLC
Retired Chairman and CEO of The Toro Co.
Wayzata, Minnesota

James R. Fitzroy, CGCS, Secretary
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

David S. Downing II, CGCS
GCSAA President
Vice President of Operations and Construction, Signature Golf Group
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Rae Forker Evans
Evans Capitol Group
Former Chairman of the LPGA
Washington DC

Mark Kizziar
Club President, Superstition Mountain Properties Inc.
Superstition Mountain, Arizona

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

Mark D. Kuhns, CGCS
GCSAA Vice President
Director of Grounds, Baltusrol Golf Club
Springfield, New Jersey

Rafael Martinez
Publisher and CEO of The Green Magazine
Republic Capital Corp.
New York, New York

Victoria Martz, ASGCA
Vice President/Sr. Golf Course Architect
Palmer Course Design Co.
Jacksonville, Florida

Greg Norman
 Chairman and CEO of Great White Shark Enterprises
Jupiter, Florida

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

Mark J. Woodward, CGCS
 GCSAA CEO
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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