2017 Winter Conference: 

A Mentoring Blueprint

Winter Conference
Sunday, January 22 - Monday, January 23, 2017
Wilmington, NC
Country Club of Landfall and Porters Neck Country Club

Program Agenda

Education Information
The Winter Conference sessions will be centered around the Carolinas Chapter’s 2017 Mission of Mentorship.  We will discuss how to create and utilize mentorship programs for your managers, team members, students, and interns.  We will examine how the various generations are in need of different forms of mentoring.

“In my walks, every man I meet is my superior in some way; and in that, I learn from him.”

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Speakers

Kym Hougham

Kym Hougham is the Executive Director of the Wells Fargo Championship, which will take place in 2017 at Eagle Point Golf Club in Wilmington, NC.  He has served as the Executive Director of the tournament at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, NC, to which the tournament will return in 2018.  (Quail Hollow Club will be hosting the PGA Championship in 2017.)  Mr. Hougham has served in this capacity since the tournament began in 2003.

Kurt Kuebler, CCM

Click here for Kurt’s Bio.

Kurt has served as a club GM/COO, President of the Florida Chapter CMAA, and as a National Director for CMAA.  He joined Dick Kopplin in 2007 to form Kopplin & Kuebler,  an executive placement / consulting firm for the club industry. 

On Sunday afternoon, Kurt will be leading a discussion for our Young Professionals (YoPros) about their careers: developing personal mission statements and personal strategic plans, and creating credentials for their career futures. This session will also be very valuable to non-YoPro managers who need to know what the 35-and-under generation needs and wants in their place of business.

On Monday, Kurt will act as moderator for a panel discussion about creating a mentorship program at your club.  The panel will discuss mentoring as it relates to your management team and to your entire club team, and as it relates to interns and to students – your future club team.

Damon DiOrio, CCM, CCE

Damon has worked in the hospitality industry throughout his entire career. Providing outstanding service has been his passion since he was a young man working in his family-owned restaurant in Rhode Island. Damon’s employment at Charlotte Country Club began in 1989 while he was a student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has been promoted 9 times and became the Charlotte Country Club CEO in 2003. Damon has presented customer service excellence programs to dozens of fortune 500 Companies.

Mark Bado, MCM, CCE

Mark has a degree in Accounting and Business/Management and started in the club industry as Controller at Oakmont Country Club. Since then, he has served as General Manager / COO at four other clubs.  He has just moved to Charlotte to become General Manager at Myers Park Country Club. Mark currently serves as a Director of the CMAA National Board.  He is one of only 20 Master Club Managers in CMAA.

David Dew, CCM, CCE

David is the Immediate Past President of the Carolinas Chapter CMAA and also sits on the Carolinas Club Foundation Board.  He currently serves as General Manager / Chief Operating Officer of Belfair, in Bluffton, SC.  Previously, for 14 years he held the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer of Lake Toxaway Country Club and Lake Toxaway Company. He is a University of North Carolina alumni and has served on CMAA National committees for six years.

Patricia has been in the private club management business for over 30 years. She has held the position of General Manager of Thornblade Club in Greer, SC, Coral Bay Club in Atlantic Beach, NC, and the Country Club of Charleston in Charleston, SC. She has served on the boards and as President of the Carolinas Chapter CMAA, the Carolinas Club Foundation, and the Virginias Chapter CMAA.  She decided to leave active club management in 2015, and in 2016 she became the Managing Director of the Carolinas Chapter CMAA and the Carolinas Club Foundation.

Rate:
$89/night

How to Book:
Group member reservations may be made by calling hotel directly at (910) 239-9975.
Individuals must identify themselves as part of the “Carolinas Chapter CMAA” in order to receive the group
rate. Individuals must provide a credit card to guarantee their reservation.

*Any reservation requests made after the cut-off date of Monday, January 16, 2017 are subject to availability and to hotel’s best available rate. 

Optional Event Information

• A Young Professionals Networking Event is scheduled in advance of the Chapter Networking Event at the Country Club of Landfall on Sunday from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Chapter members aged 35 and younger are invited to attend a meet-and-greet with the Chapter Ol’Pros to discuss the issues presented during the day’s education sessions. (Cost: $0; Attire: Business Casual, Jackets required.)
• A Chapter Networking Event is scheduled at the Country Club of Landfall on Sunday from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Chapter members and guests will enjoy cocktails from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., followed by dinner and music. Child care will be available to children aged 4-12 (must be bathroom independent). (Cost: $70/adult, $35/student, $15/child; Attire: Business Casual, Jackets required.)
• Golf will be available at Porters Neck Country Club for CMAA Members.  Contact Marc Tingle for tee times: [email protected].

Optional Wine Auction Donation Information
Be a part of CMAA’s World Conference initiatives with some local participation. The Winter Education Program will serve as a pre-Conference platform to contribute to the Chapter’s Wine Auction donation by bringing a bottle of wine (or more!) with you to the Program. Wine must meet a minimum wholesale value of $25 per bottle. Click here for the needed Donation Form, and click here for complete Auction information.

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