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February 9, 2017 • Interlachen Country Club

The 20th Annual Excellence in Club Management® Awards Reception& Dinner

Welcome

Bill McMahon, Sr. Chairman, McMahon Group

Dan RamellaPresident, Club & Resort Business

McMahon Group and Club & Resort Business magazine are pleased to welcome you to the annual Excellence in Club Management® Awards Reception & Dinner! This is the program’s 20th year of honoring the best of the best club executives in the private club industry.

We are excited to recognize the 2016 Award recipients, past winners, the 2016 Selection Committee and the Award namesakes, James H. Brewer, Mead Grady and Mel Rex, for lending their support and names to the Awards. You gentlemen are the best! In addition, we are also excited to, once again, recognize the Clubs of Excellence™, both past and present.

We want to give a huge thank you to Interlachen Country Club for hosting this year’s celebration! We also thank and ask you to support this year’s Awards Dinner Sponsors: ClubCorp, Denehy Club Thinking Partners, ForeTees, PREFERRED CLUB, Toro and Yamaha. Thank you all for making this evening such a wonderful event.

We hope you enjoy the evening and celebration!

February 9, 2017 Interlachen Country Club

The Winners

The James H. Brewer

Award

The Mead Grady

Award

The Mel Rex Award

The Rising Star

Award


Brett came to The Polo Club in 2012 with a challenge to rebuild the Club’s brand, member experience, staff morale and reputation – both inside and outside the gates. With a genuine concern for the members and his staff, along with excellent management skills, Brett has transformed Polo into one of the premier residential resort communities in the United States. At The Polo Club, Brett manages an annual budget in excess of $50 million and has overseen over $30 million in capital renovation projects. He has created an exceptional management team and gained recognition for Polo as a Platinum, Emerald and one of America’s Healthiest Clubs. In the words of Club President, Doug Green, “Brett cares – He cares about his staff, the members and the future well-being of Polo.”

The Polo Club is a Boca Raton gated community of 1,700 homes with almost 3,500 members. The Club’s amenities are operated by 350 employees, including 18 department managers. Membership categories consist of social, golf, tennis and full members.

As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, in Hyde Park NY, his most recent club management positions were at Fresh Meadow Country Club, Wykagyl Country Club and Millbrook Golf Club – both as an Executive Chef and GM/COO. Brett and his wife Casey have one teenage daughter, Zoey.

About Our Winners

The James H. Brewer Award

Brett Morris, ECM The Polo Club of Boca Raton

Boca Raton, Florida


Ray came to Ivanhoe Club in 2003 after being recruited by the then current president and a group of past presidents, including Joe McGowan who nominated him for this Award. Ray has been instrumental in Ivanhoe’s success by managing it through the recent recession, driving food and beverage sales up to $2 million, giving back to the Chicago community by supporting the Wounded Warriors Project and Toys for Tots, hosting both the Rust-Oleum Golf Championship last year and the first PGA Web.com Tournament at Ivanhoe and making the Club more inviting to families.

Ivanhoe Club is a full-service country club offering 27 holes of Arthur Hills championship golf, swimming, tennis and dining within a private gated community with over 200 homes, residence in which does not require a Club membership. Ivanhoe Club has a 67,000 sq. ft. clubhouse and approximately 250 golfing members, 100 social members and 50 dining-only members.

Ray is a graduate of Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts with a BM/BME and has been a guest speaker at the student sessions at previous CMAA Conferences, including the 2016 conference in San Diego. He has served on the Board of the Philadelphia & Vicinity Chapter of CMAA and has served on the CMAA Greater Chicago Club Managers Associations Board. Ray was formerly General Manager/COO at Waynesborough Country Club and White Manor Country Club and he was Assistant General Manager at Ashbourne Country Club. He and his wife, Leslie, have two children, Ashley and Devon.

The Mead Grady Award

Ray Kondziela, CCM, CCE, ECM Ivanhoe Club

Ivanhoe, Illinois

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Joe came to the Academy in 2012 after the Club suffered a devastating fire in 2011 and teetered on the verge of closing. His performance at the Club has been stellar as food and beverage annual sales have increased from $5.1 million in 2012 to $10.5 million in 2016. Under the leadership of Joe, the Board and many talented magician members, the Academy has been instrumental in making magic chic again in the entertainment world.

The Academy is truly one of the most unusual organizations in the world dedicated to “Introducing, Educating and Fostering the Art of Magic to the World.” The Club today has 2,700 magician members (1,900 non-resident) and 2,500 associate non-magician members. There is currently a 500-person waiting list of future members.

Joe is a graduate of San Jose State University and has previously served at the Virginia Country Club (Long Beach), American Legion Yacht Club and The Country Club of Rancho Bernardo. He and his wife Renae have twin 9-year-old boys, Jack and Noah.

The Mel Rex Award

Joe Furlow, ECM The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc.

Hollywood, California

About Our Winners


In his position of Assistant General Manager at the Detroit Athletic Club and working under Executive Manager, Ted Gillary, CCM, ECM, Charles came to the Club in 2014. He was the point-man in opening three new restaurants, two lounges and an outdoor pavilion for the Detroit Tigers’ 2014 opening day of baseball. In celebration of the Clubhouse’s centennial in 2015, Charles led the logistical and creative planning which resulted in the two-day “Party of the Century”.

The Detroit Athletic Club is the cultural center of the city’s leadership and sits in the center of the Detroit Entertainment District as the city is undergoing an $11 billion revival. The Club has over 4,500 total members, annual food and beverage sales of $13 million and total annual revenue of $30 million.

Charles came to the Detroit Athletic Club in 2014 after working at the three well-respected clubs of John’s Island Club, Saucon Valley Country Club and the Montauk Yacht Club. He attended Central Michigan University. Charles and his wife have three children, Braydon, Joslynn and Maxwell.

The Rising Star Award

Charles Johnson, CCM, ECM Detroit Athletic Club

Detroit, Michigan


Past WinnersRichard Ackman, II, ECMTerry Anglin, CCM, CCE, ECMAlbert Armstrong, CCM, ECMRobert Artley, ECMMark Bado, MCM, CCE, ECMTimothy Bakels, CCM, CCE, ECMFrank Benzakour, CCM, ECMRobert Bird, ECMJohn Bloom, ECMJames Brand, CCM, CCE, ECMRichard Bruner, CCM, ECMPatricia Calder, CCM, CCE, ECMKevin Carroll, CCM, ECMMichael Chase, Jr., CCM, ECMC.W. Cook, CCM, CCE, ECMJohn Corey, CCM, ECMChristian Coulter, CCM, ECMJohn Crean, CCM, CHA, ECMRobert Crifasi, CCM, CCE, ECMCraig Cutler, ECMTony D’Errico, CCM, CCE, ECM

Damon DiOrio, CCM, CCE, ECMJay DiPietro, CCM, ECMEric Dietz, CCM, PGA, ECMJohn Dorman, CCM, ECMJeffrey Evans, CCM, ECMChristopher Everhart, CCM, ECMElizabeth Fritz-Grant, CCM, ECMTed Gillary, CCM, ECMJohn Guy, ECMScott Jaccard, CCM, ECMJames Johnson, ECMRobert Jones, CCM, CCE, ECMPaul Kennedy, ECMPhil Kiester, ECMJustin Kolanz, CCM, ECMBrian Kroh, CCM, ECMRichard Lareau, CCM, ECMPeter Lovelace, CCM, ECMNick Markel, CCM, ECMGerald Marvel, CCM, ECMMichael McCarthy, ECM

Jeffrey McFadden, CCM, CCE, ECMMaria McGinity, CCM, ECMZen Mikulski, CCM, ECMDavid Pflieger, CCM, ECMChristine Pooler, CCM, ECMD. Clinton Prescott, III, ECMMichael Redmond, CCM, ECMJohn Reyhons, CCM, ECMMel Rex, CPA, CCM, ECMHarry Richter, CCM, ECMLance Sabella, ECMHans Schaub, CCM, ECMPeter Schaub, CCM, ECMJohn Schultz, CCM, ECMWilliam Schulz, MCM, CCM, ECMChuck Scupham, CCM, ECMSusan Sheahan, CCM, ECMNicholas Sidorakis, CCM, ECMPaul Skelton, CCM, ECMBryan Sparks, ECMPaul Spellman, Jr., CCM, ECM

Thomas Spellman, CCM, ECMJohn Spidalette, ECMMike Stanton, CCM, ECMDavid Stieglitz, CCM, ECMPhillip Stika, ECMMichael Stott, CCM, CCE, ECMJohn Sullivan, Jr., CCM, ECMRick Sussman, CCM, ECMCrystal Thomas, MCM, CCM, ECMLarry Thompson, ECMSteve Tidrick, ECMDavid Voorhees, CCM, CCE, ECMTerra Waldron, CCM, CCE, ECMTom Wallace, ECMBrian Walshe, CCM, ECMShawn Wilkes, CCM, ECMWilliam Mark Williams, ECMRobert Williams, CCM, CEC, ECMJohn Wright, ECMMichael Zusack, CCM, ECM


Selection Committee Members

Past Committee MembersTimothy Bakels, CCM, CCE, ECMRichard Bayliss, CCMRay BrettJames Brewer, MCMDavid BrightlingPatricia Calder, CCM, CCE, ECMMichael ChadseyDavid Chag, CCMChristian Coulter, CCM, ECMDaniel Denehy, CCM, CHAElizabeth Di Chiara, CAEJohn FurlongEric Gillberg, CCMTed Gillary, CCM, ECMRobert Hollister, CCMJim James, CCMRobert James, CCM, CHEJames Johnson, ECMKurt Kuebler, CCM

Richard Lareau, CCM, ECMJonathan McCabe, CCM, COOMichael McCarthy, ECMEldon MillerJanis OstlingDenzil PalmerKirk Reese, CCMMel Rex, CPA, CCM, ECMPaul Spellman, Jr., CCM, ECMJohn Spidalette, ECMFrank Stover, CCMJohn Sullivan, Jr., CCM, ECMRick Sussman, CCM, ECMCrystal Thomas, MCM, CCM, ECMLarry Thompson, ECMWilliam Wagner, CCMSue WegrzynJohn Wright, ECM

Award Selection CommitteeJeffrey Kreafle – Chairman .....................................Congressional Country ClubLynn Butler .................................................................... Bellerive Country ClubRobert Crifasi, CCM, CCE, CEC, CPA, ECM ....... New Orleans Country ClubJohn Dorman, CCM, ECM ............................The University Club of New YorkRobert Jones, CCM, CCE, ECM ............................Desert Mountain Club, Inc.Brian Kroh, CCM, ECM ....................................................... John’s Island ClubJeffrey McFadden, CCM, CCE, ECM ...........The Union League of PhiladelphiaJoseph Murphy ................................................. Thornhill Golf & Country ClubChristine Pooler, CCM, ECM .................................Augusta National Golf ClubJohn Schultz, CCM, ECM ...............................................Carmel Country ClubThomas Spellman, CCM, ECM ............................................. The Chicago ClubMichael Stanton, CCM, ECM ...........................San Luis Obispo Country ClubTerra Waldron, CCM, CCE, ECM .......................Desert Highlands AssociationHenry Wallmeyer, President & CEO ..........................National Club Association

Chairmen EmeritusKevin Vitale, CCM ..............................................................Baltusrol Golf ClubPhil Kiester, ECM ................................................The Country Club of VirginiaDavid Voorhees, CCM, CCE, ECM .........................Big Canyon Country ClubJay DiPietro, CCM, ECM ........................................... Boca West Country ClubKevin Carroll, CCM, ECM .............................................. Atlanta Athletic Club


The Clubs of Excellence™Bald Peak Colony Club

BallenIsles Country ClubBaltimore Country ClubBellerive Country Club

Big Canyon Country ClubBoca West Country ClubBradenton Country Club

Broken Sound ClubCapital City Club

Carmel Country ClubCharlotte Country Club

Desert Highlands AssociationDesert Mountain Club, Inc.

Detroit Athletic ClubDonalda Club

Farmington Country ClubForest Hills Country Club

Genesee Valley ClubGrosse Pointe Yacht ClubHouston Country Club

Ivanhoe ClubJacksonville Golf & Country Club

John’s Island ClubKey Largo Anglers Club

Kingwood Country ClubLake Naomi Club

Lakeside Golf ClubLakewood Country Club

Lehigh Country ClubManasquan River Golf Club

Merion Golf ClubMetropolitan ClubMinneapolis Club

Missouri Athletic ClubMultnomah Athletic Club

New Orleans Country ClubNorth Hills Club

Norwood Hills Country ClubOakmont Country Club

Orchard Lake Country ClubRoyal Hong Kong Yacht Club

San Diego Yacht ClubSan Luis Obispo Country Club

Sharon Heights Golf & Country ClubSkokie Country Club

Somerset Hills Country ClubSouthern Hills Country Club

The Academy of Magical Arts, Inc.

The Briar ClubThe California Club

The Club at UK’s Spindletop HallThe Country Club at DC Ranch

The Duquesne ClubThe Kansas City Country Club

The National Press ClubThe Olympic Club

The Polo Club of Boca RatonThe Standard Club

The Union League of PhiladelphiaThe University Club of New York

The University Club of Washington DCThornblade Club

Troon Country ClubUniversity Club of Chicago

University Club of Michigan State UniversityUniversity Club of University of Missouri

Washington Athletic ClubWestmoreland Club

Westwood Country ClubWomen’s University Club


Thank You toOur Sponsors


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