Lawrence, Kansas, United States: Kevin Breen has been re-elected to a one-year term as President of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA).
The Certified Golf Course Superintendent (CGCS) at California’s La Rinconada Country Club, Breen is the 86th President in the Association’s history and the first to be elected to a second term since 1947.
Breen was nominated for a second presidential year when the 2022 Vice President Kevin Sunderman resigned from the Board to join the GCSAA staff as Chief Operating Officer.
Breen served as Vice President of the Association in 2021 and has been a member of the Association’s Board of Directors since 2015. A 32-year member of GCSAA, Breen is also a Past President of both the Sierra Nevada GCSA and the California GCSA.
Breen has served as the Superintendent at La Rinconada CC since 2011. Prior to that, he served as Director of Maintenance at Lahontan Golf Club in Truckee, California, and as the Superintendent at Los Alamos (NM) Golf Course.
“We have great momentum as we start the year with our highest membership numbers since 2009 and strong satisfaction,” Breen said. “We’re not taking anything for granted – we will continue to think again. Our world is moving quickly, and we’ll continue to adapt.”
He has Bachelor’s degrees in horticulture/turf from Colorado State University in Fort Collins and in meteorology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Other elected officers at the Association’s annual meeting, held in conjunction with the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show, include Jeff White, Superintendent at Indian Hills Country Club in Kansas, as Vice President, and TA Barker, Superintendent at Fore Lakes Golf Course in Taylorsville, Utah, as Secretary/Treasurer.
Board Members Paul Carter, Superintendent at Bear Trace at Harrison Bay in Tennessee, and Steven Hammon, Superintendent at Michigan’s Traverse City Country Club, were re-elected to serve on the Board, while H. Scott Griffith, Director of Agronomy at the University of Georgia Golf Course, was newly elected to join the Board as a Director.
Douglas Dykstra, Golf Course Superintendent at White Mountain Country Club in Arizona, and Marc Weston, Superintendent at Indian Hill Country Club in Connecticut, continue their service on the Board.
After a member vote to amend the by-laws, Mark Jordan, Natural Resources Leader at Westfield Country Club in Ohio, will serve a second year as Immediate Past President.
In addition, a by-law change regarding aligning the by-laws with current management practices for the GCSAA Benevolence Fund passed. A member dues adjustment also passed.