2021 Board of Directors / Advisory Board
Officers/Executive Committee
President
Justin Apel
Golf Course Builders Association of America (GCBAA)
Executive Director
Vice President
Melissa Low
Club Management Association of America (CMAA)
Senior Director - Communications & Advocacy
Secretary
Jan Bel Jan
American Society of Golf Course Architects (ASGCA)
President
Treasurer
Sheryl Bindelglass
Sheryl Golf
Executive Committee At-Large
Dana Dempsey, MS, CTRS
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Director, Therapeutic Recreation
Executive Committee At-Large
Chava McKeel
Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA)
Director, Government Relations
Executive Committee At-Large
Ronnie Miles
National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA)
Co-Director of Advocacy
Past Presidents
Mike Tinkey
(Immediate Past President/Executive Committee)
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
Steve Jubb, PGA/LM
Past President of the National Alliance for Accessible Golf
Executive Director
Email: info@accessgolf.org
Andrew Yeast
World Golf Foundation – We Are Golf
Senior Manager – Industry Engagement
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)
Rich O’Brien
Columnist and Golf Instructor
Tommy Tangtiphaiboontana
United States Golf Association (USGA)
Ron Tristano, PGA
Challenge Golf at Cleveland Clinic/Akron General
Henry Wallmeyer
National Club Association (NCA)
Advisory Board
Andrew Brockman
Inclusion Advocate
Greg Conrad
Fred Corcoran
Golf for All
Kevin Corn, PGA
Ranken Jorden Hospital
Debbie Crews, Ph.D., LPGA
Arizona State University
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
Mike Molloy
Middle Atlantic Blind Golf Association
Tom Morton, PGA
Morton Golf/Haggin Oaks GC
Renee Powell, PGA/LPGA
Clearview HOPE
Gianna Rojas
Adaptive Golfers
Gary Schaal, PGA
Project Golf
Rick Shoemaker, PGA
Donna Strum, CTRS
RevelationGolf
Mitch Stump, CPA
Club Tax
Patti Valero
Advocate and #1 Ranked Female Golfer with Disability in USA
David Windsor, PGA
Adaptive Golf Academy/Georgia State Golf Association