BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mike McCartin
Founder, National Links Trust
Founder, McCartin Golf Design
Wrote Masters Thesis - “Making a Model Municipal Facility: A Case Study of East Potomac Park Golf Course”
Associate for Renaissance Golf under Tom Doak
Involved in renovation, restoration and construction of Medinah CC, the Renaissance Club in Scotland, & Old MacDonald Golf Links at Bandon Dunes
Taught Golf Course Architecture at the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia
BS, Economics, Duke
Masters of Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia
Will Smith
Founder, National Links Trust
Co-Founder of the Outpost Club, a national golf society hosting over 70 events annually
Previously worked with Tom Doak and Gil Hanse, and has been involved with world renowned projects at Ballyneal and Sebonack
Managing Partner of Cobbtown Partners, consultants for the Ohoopee Match Club development
President of the Outpost Foundation, a non-profit providing scholarships to young men and women working in the golf industry
BA History, Yale
Masters of Landscape Architecture, University of Georgia
Tari Cash
Founder + CEO, CitySwing
General Manager, Catalant Technologies
Strategic Alliances & Connected Fitness, Under Armour
East Coast Regional Manager, Tesla Motors
BA, Trinity University
MBA, Harvard Business School
Matthew Cutts
Head of US Policy & Government Relations, Dentons
Board Member, Federal City Council
Board Member, Brown Advisory Inc.
BA, University of Virginia
JD, University of Virginia School of Law
Alan Fadel
Senior Vice President, MORGAN STANLEY
President, Amateur Golf Alliance
President, Ohio Golf Association
Head teaching professional, Canterbury Country Club (OH)
1983
Associate golf professional at Oak Hill (NY)
1981, 1982
Member, PGA TOUR, 1980
Member Ohio Golf Hall of Fame
BA, University of South Florida
Trish Hines
Tax Practice Leader, Grant Thornton
BS, University of Scranton
MS, American University
John Hong
CFO of privately held family business
Former Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young
MBA, Columbia Business School
Fellow of the Society of Actuaries
Kathryn Kennedy
Director, Government Affairs, FedEx
Former President and Board Member, First Tee of Greater Washington, DC
George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management
BA, University of Kansas
Craig Kirby
Director, Western Golf Association. Home of the Evans Scholars Foundation
Founder of Golf. My Future. My Game.
Special Assistant White House Chief of Staff, 1993
BA, Albion College ( Distinguished Alumni 2020)
Executive Leadership Program, Harvard University
Penny Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Financial Technology Association
Former Principal, Invariant, a government relations and public affairs firm
Former Senior Advisor to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Former Board Member, First Tee of Greater Washington
Board of Trustees, Robert Trent Jones Golf Club
BA, Baylor University
Lisa Mitchell
Former COO, Revolution Golf (acquired by Golf Channel 2017)
MBA, Columbia University
Steve Sayre
Former Senior Marketing Executive, Lotus Development, IBM
Founding team, Golf Genius Software
Software Marketing Consultant
BA, MA, Tufts University
MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Stuart Siciliano
Founding Partner, Hamilton Place Strategies [HPS], an analytical public affairs consulting firm
Former White House Assistant Press Secretary to President George W. Bush
Volunteer with The First Tee of Greater Washington, DC
BA, University of Southern California
Bill Spence
Communications and Marketing Consultant
Former Founding Partner, Echelon Property Development
Former Executive VP, Response America
Former Finance Director, Republican Party of Virginia
BA, University of Virginia
Lem Smith
International & Federal Government Affairs Manager, Chevron
Former VP, Federal Government Relations, American Petroleum Institute
Former Principal, Squire Patton Boggs
Former Director, U.S. Government and Regulatory Affairs Federal and State, Encana Corporation
BA, University of Mississippi
Jeff Strunk
Managing Partner, Forbes-Tate Partners
Former Deputy Floor Director for Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner
BA, Xavier University
Mark H. Tuohey
Counsel, BakerHostetler
Former Director of the Mayor of Washington, D.C.'s Office of Legal Counsel
Former Chair of the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission
Former Special Counsel to the U.S. Attorney General
Former Assistant U.S. Attorney
BA, St. Bonaventure University
JD, Fordham University School of Law