Esmeralda H. Knowles, Secretary

Raymonda Burgman, PH.D. , Treasurer

Bruce Wiley Watson, Parliamentarian
Marion Hansford, Director
Marie Joss, Director

David Self, General Counsel

Staff

Esmeralda H. Knowles, Executive Director
Clewis Wright, Jr., Director of Golf
Stanley A.Wilson, Jr., Youth Golf Director /Assistant PGA
Golf Professional, Bear Lakes Country Club

Gladys E. Harris, Director of Education

Lloyd C. LaGrange, MD, Director of Medicine
Patrick LeConte, Director of Dentistry
Marie Sylvestre, R.N., Health 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, AXA Advisors, LLC, New York, NY

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, Langston Legacy Golf Course, Washington, DC

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, Councilman, Village of North Palm Beach, FL
Richard R. Ellington, Special District Services, Inc.
John H. Elliott, All Phase Inc.

James Garvin, Jr., Chairman, Golf Course Specialists, Inc.

LaJean W. Gould, The Women In Golf Foundation, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Dr. Thomas A. Hart, Sr., Camp Hart, Williamstown, MA

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, Nationwide 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, Riviera Beach City Councilman

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