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Chapter Leaders/ Executives Symposium

Twenty affiliated chapters strengthen their leadership and association management skills at GCSAA symposium

Twenty-nine representatives from 20 affiliated chapters participated in GCSAA’s Chapter Leaders/Executives Symposium, March 17-18 at GCSAA Headquarters. Chapters sent a volunteer leader (often the vice president or secretary) and executive staff to the one-and-a-half day program. It provided an opportunity to strengthen the chapter’s leadership team, build on successes, and learn new concepts and ideas to support chapter effectiveness.

The symposium objectives were:

  • Enhance your interpersonal relationships by better understanding your leadership and communication styles, and how it impacts your interaction with others
  • Learn how to be a highly successful team leader for your facility and your chapter
  • Understand how to provide a more meaningful chapter experience, through the engagement of members and volunteer involvement
  • Develop a foundation to achieve chapter goals
  • Build a professional network of peers who share best practices and innovative ideas

Session topics included:

  • The Value Proposition
  • The Partner Recognition Program – a different approach to generating non-dues revenue
  • Connecting the Dots…Making GCSAA Programs Your Own
  • Your Association and Fiscal Policy
  • Leadership Styles Workshop
  • Chapter Leaders Breakout Session – Board Leadership
  • Chapter Executives Breakout Session – Working with Your Board of Directors

Thank you to these chapters and their representatives for participating in the 2009 symposium:

  • Theresa Baria, Mid-Atlantic Association of GCS
  • Kelly Bowen, Inland Empire GCSA
  • Luke Cella, CGCS, Midwest Association of GCS
  • Richard Collins, CGCS, Peaks & Prairies GCSA
  • Edward Daigle, Gulf Coast GCSA
  • Donald Flavell, Cactus and Pine GCSA
  • Anthony Gerardi, CGCS, Metropolitan GCSA
  • Jay Goughnour, Iowa GCSA
  • Christi Haley, Florida West Coast GCSA
  • Trent Inman, CGCS, Florida West Coast GCSA
  • John Irwin, Calusa GCSA
  • Craig Kachline, Northern Ohio GCSA
  • Samantha Kreisch, Calusa GCSA
  • Phil Lagao, CGCS, Oregon GCSA
  • Chad Lynd, Greater Cincinnati GCSA
  • Daniel McCann, Central Texas GCSA
  • Bryan McFerren, Mid-Atlantic Association of GCS
  • Andrew McHugh, New Hampshire GCSA
  • G. Andrew Morris, Central Illinois GCSA
  • Lisa Mulvey, Central Illinois GCSA
  • Cece Peabody, GCSA of New Jersey
  • William Plowman, South Texas GCSA
  • Ronald W. Prescott, Jr., Gulf Coast GCSA
  • Mike Rapp, Idaho GCSA
  • Carmella Ruggiero, Cactus and Pine GCSA
  • Lori Russell, Inland Empire GCSA, Idaho GCSA and Peaks & Prairies GCSA
  • Jeff Wendel, CGCS, Iowa GCSA and Nebraska GCSA
  • Linda Whitworth, Oregon GCSA
  • Scott Witte, CGCS, Midwest Association of GCS

The Chapter Leaders/Executives Symposium is funded in part by the Williams Leadership Endowment through
The Environmental Institute for Golf, the philanthropic organization of GCSAA.

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