Volunteer Management Team
Esmeralda H. Knowles, Executive Director
Stanley W. Wilson, Youth Golf Director
Clewis Wright, Jr., Director of Golf
Nathaniel Clark, Assistant Director of Golf
Norman F. Blanco, Assistant Director of Golf
Darius A. Davis, Assistant Director of Golf
Tiana Jones, Assistant Director of Golf
Gladys E. Harris, Director of Education
Marie Sylvestre, R.N., Health Advisor
Beethoven Francois, Social Media Advisor
PBCo Sheriff LT. Jeffery B. Jackson, Law Enforcement Advisor
National Advisory Board
Chairman
Jim L. Thorpe
Champions PGA Tour Professional
Co-Chairs
John Booth, Retired, Solid Waste Authority of
Palm Beach County, FL
Malinda F. Knowles
Members
Michael Albritton, II, Albritton Co., Jupiter, FL
Roger D. Amidon, Executive Director,
Tourist Development Council
Akeem Arnold, Student, FAMU, Tallahassee, FL
Janice “Fairway” Arrington
Paul Baker, Coca Cola Bottling Company, Port St. Lucie, FL
Danny Barber, Publix Super Markets, Lake Worth, FL
Hyacinthia Becton, MLK Coordinating Committee,
West Palm Beach, FL
Scott Bedford, Signs by Tomorrow, West Palm Beach, Fl
Dr. Ernest P. Boger, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD
Maria Brous, Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, FL
Gordon Brown, San Diego Junior Golf Foundation,
San Diego, FL
Horace Brown, San Diego Junior Golf Foundation,
San Diego, FL
Blair J. Ciklin, Commissioner, Port of Palm Beach District
Mario Conte, Executive Director, Hurricane Junior Golf Tour
F. Malcolm Cunningham, Jr., Cunningham Law Firm,
West Palm Beach, FL
Judy Davis, Chairperson, Riviera Beach City Council
Joseph DeVino, PGA, Boca Country Club, Boca Raton, FL
Sid Dinerstein, Palm Beach County Republican Party,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Dr. Edward M. Eissey, Village of North Palm Beach, FL
Richard R. Ellington, Special District Services, Inc.
John H. Elliott, All Phase Inc.
James Garvin, Jr., Jimmy Garvin Foundation
LaJean W. Gould, The Women In Golf Foundation, Inc.,
Atlanta, GA
Karen Hoskins, Finance Department, City of Riviera Beach, FL
Jeffery B. Jackson, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Department
Joey Johnson, Meade Johnson International,
West Palm Beach, FL
Kevin Johnson, Web.com Tour, PGA
Selina Johnson, Hollywood Golf, Detroit, Michigan
Edward L. Keyes, PGA Tour
John H. Knowles, Diversified Mortgage Solutions,
Beltsville, Maryland
Philip D. Lewis, SIOR, Philip D. Lewis Real Estate
Shelby L. Lowe
Michael Mahoney, Dee’s T-Shirt, Riviera Beach, FL
Michelle McGann, LPGA Golf Professional, Riviera Beach, FL
Joseph Middlebrooks, Middlebrooks & Associates, Miami, FL
Barbara Nicklaus, North Palm Beach, FL
Edward Oppel, Empire International Trading, LLC.
Frederick Price, Publix Super Markets, Inc.,
West Palm Beach, FL
Jess R. Santamaria, Palm Beach County Commissioner
Waldemar K. Schickedanz, The Schickedanz Group,
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Wismick St Jean, Real Estate Broker, Wellington, FL
Ralph Tyler, Ralph Tyler Companies, Cleveland, Ohio
Ricky Wade, McDonald’s, Palm Beach County, FL
Bill Walsh, Palm Beach Golf Center, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
William “Bill” Wendt, Chief Operating Officer,
Bear Lakes Country Club
William E. Wilkins, Former City Manager, Riviera Beach, FL
Stanley Wilson, Sr., Former Dade County Public School Educator
Father Winston Wright, Grace Episcopal Church,
West Palm Beach, FL
