Event Moderated by Golf Writer and Design Consultant Geoff Shackelford
8:00 Registration/Continental Breakfast
9:00 Intros and Announcements
9:10 Existential Threats to the Game
• Kevin Fitzgerald, Southern California Golf Association
• Vincent Johnson, LA County Parks
• Andrew Szunyog, National Links Trust
9:55 Emerging Markets
• Azucena Maldonado, Latina Golfers Association
10:40 BREAK
10:55 Are You a Welcoming Golf Course?
• Junko Harkins, PGA of America
• Jim Richerson, Riviera Country Club
• Tom Son, Arrowood Golf Course
11:40 LUNCH
12:25 Community and Non-Golf Programming
• Jorge Badel, American Golf Corp.
• Lee Finkel, CourseCo
• Chris Gilfillen, Touchstone Golf
• Josh Heptig, San Luis Obispo County
1:10 Architecture Panel
• Jeff Arnold, National Links Trust
• Brian Costello, JMP Golf Design Group
• Damian Pascuzzo, Pascuzzo Pate Golf Design
1:55 High-Impact Agronomy on a Small Budget: Maximizing Efficiency in Golf Course Agronomy
• Jon Christenson, Corporate Director of Golf Maintenance, JC Resorts
• Jordan Gilmore, CGCS, San Clemente Municipal Golf Course
• Marc Lilleberg, Regional Golf Course Superintendent, American Golf Corporation
• Jorge Mendoza, Golf Course Superintendent, Green River Golf Course
2:40 Closing Comments
2:45 Adjourn
