Our Staff

Executive Staff

Tyler Smies
Executive Director
616-965-6633
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Taylour Boer
Program Director
616-341-7404
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Lori Dustin
Director of Operations
616-432-2098
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Staff

Matthew Gifford
Kalamazoo Area Director
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Brian Filter
Marketing & Communications Coordinator
616-328-5876
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Ben Elenbaas
Accounting & Admin Coordinator
Lead Coach
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Randy White, PGA
Director of Instruction
231-750-4653
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Jeff Keyser
Holland Area Director
231-350-0842
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Erik Sanford
Muskegon Area Director
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Rob Thompson
Lead Coach
Holland

Dominic Luciani
Lead Coach
Grand Rapids

Alex Karhunen
Lead Coach
Grand Rapids

Terri Clock
Lead Coach
Muskegon

Ian Purvis
Lead Coach
Grand Rapids

Jason Manshum
Lead Coach, Development Committee Chair

Chris Drumm
Lead Coach
Grand Rapids

Greg Heath
Lead Coach
Grand Rapids, Muskegon

Paul Bogardus
Lead Coach
Grand Rapids

Board of Directors

Travis Mikulenas
Board Chair
Bradford White

Maureen Fitzgerald Penn
Vice Chair
Risk Management Committee – Director
Penn & Ink

Nate Golomb
Secretary
Kalamazoo Area Chair
Mercantile Bank

Scott VanderLinde
Treasurer
Finance & Administrative Committee
Retired, Calvin University Professor

John Kruis
Risk Management Committee – Co-Chair
SHRR Attorney

Rick Vandenberg
Chair Emeritus
Retired, Coastal Real Estate Holdings

Antoinette Freeman
Risk Management Committee
5th 3rd Bank

Jeanne Hess
Kalamazoo Advisory Committee
Kalamazoo City Commission

Randy Lindquist
Muskegon Advisory Committee, Chair
Muskegon Area ISD

Mitch Wilson
Kalamazoo Advisory Committee
Retired, Pfizer, Kalamazoo College Golf Coach

Paul Albarran
Risk Management Committee
Transcend, General Counsel

Russ Hines
Recruiting & Nominating Committee, Chair
Riverbank Events & Media

Jason Manshum
Development Committee, Chair
Seyferth PR

Ross Ryzenga
Holland Advisory Committee, Director
Nelson Steel Products