2020 Board of Directors / Advisory Board
Officers/Executive Committee
President
Justin Apel
Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA)
6040 S. 58th St., Suite D
Lincoln, NE 68516
Office: (402) 476-4444
Email: justin_apel@gcbaa.org
Vice President
Melissa Low
Senior Director – Communications & Advocacy
Club Management Association of America (CMAA)
1733 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Office: (703) 299-4286
Email: Email: melissa.low@cmaa.org
Secretary
Jan Bel Jan
American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA)
5500 Military Trail. #22-261
Jupiter, FL 33458
Office: (561) 371-0397
Email: Email: beljanj@bellsouth.net
Treasurer
Sheryl Bindelglass
3 Owens Court
Martinsville, NJ 08836
Office: (732) 302-4439
Email: Email: sheryl@sherylgolf.com
Executive Committee At-Large
Dana Dempsey, MS, CTRS
Director, Therapeutic Recreation
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
2222 Wellborn Street
Dallas, TX 75219
Office: (214) 559-5000 Ext. 7615
Email: Email: Dana.dempsey@TSRH.org
Executive Committee At-Large
Chava McKeel
Director, Government Relations
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA)
1421 Research Park Drive
Lawrence, KS 66049
Office: (785) 832-3619
Email: Email: cmmckeel@gcsaa.org
Executive Committee At-Large
Ronnie Miles
Director of Advocacy
National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA)
291 Seven Farms Drive, 2nd Floor
Charleston, SC 29492
Office: (843) 881-9956 Ext. 204
Email: Email: rmiles@ngcoa.org
Past Presidents
Mike Tinkey
(Immediate Past President/Executive Committee)
208 Venning Street
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone: (843) 437-0070
Email: Email: MikeTinkey@tinkeyworks.com
Betsy Clark, PhD, LPGA
Trey Holland
Past President – USGA
Staff, Consultant and WGF/WE Are Golf
Gary Robb
Past President of National Alliance for Accessible Golf
National Alliance for Accessible Golf Grant Consultant
Access Solutions Group, LLC
514 Cammarano Place
The Villages, FL 32162
Phone: (812) 320-1126
Email: grobb@indiana.edu
Steve Jubb, PGA
Past President of the National Alliance for Accessible Golf
Executive Director
1225 NW 21st St., Unit 2403
Stuart, FL 34994
Phone: (772) 233-1879
Email: Steve@accessgolf.org
Andrew Yeast
World Golf Foundation – We Are Golf
Senior Manager – Industry Engagement
425 S. Legacy Trail
St. Augustine, FL 32092
Phone: (904) 940-4304
Email: ayeast@worldgolffoundation.org
Board of Directors
Judy Alvarez, PGA/LPGA
Judy Alvarez Golf
R. John Burnes
Linnet Carty
PGA of America
Mary-Lee Cobick, LPGA
Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA)
Greg Conrad
Sanford International
Beth Major
United States Golf Association (USGA)
Rich O’Brien
Columnist and Golf Instructor
Rick Shoemaker, PGA
Heritage Golf Group
Ron Tristano, PGA
Challenge Golf at Cleveland Clinic/Akron General
Henry Wallmeyer
National Club Association (NCA)
David Windsor, PGA
Adaptive Golf Academy/Georgia State Golf Association
Advisory Board
Bob Beach, PGA
Golf for All
Ray Bloomer
ADA Specialist
Andrew Brockman
Inclusion Advocate
Kevin Corn, PGA
Ranken Jorden Hospital
Debbie Crews, Ph.D., LPGA
Arizona State University
Aron Hall
National Inclusion Project
Cathy Harbin, PGA/LPGA
On Course Operations
Tom Houston
Accessibility Advocate/Consultant
Dan Johnson, Ph.D., LRT/CTRS
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
John Klein, PGA
Accessible Golf & Physical Educator
Rachel Maruno
The First Tee
Tom Morton, PGA
Morton Golf/Haggin Oaks GC
Renee Powell, PGA/LPGA
Gianna Rojas
Adaptive Golfers
Donna Strum, CTRS
RevelationGolf
Mitch Stump, CPA
Club Tax
Patti Valero
Advocate and #1 Ranked Female Golfer with Disability in USA