August 9, 2016: Jay Karen, CEO of the National Golf Course Owners Association (NGCOA) joined us for our August 9 meeting. Karen was most recently CEO of Select Registry, a collection of more than 300 fine inns, bed and breakfasts, and boutique hotels and for seven years prior, CEO of the Professional Association of Innkeepers International. Jay holds a Master of Arts degree in American History from the College of Charleston and is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) by the American Society of Association Executives. His primary interests include spending as much time with his family as possible (priorities), playing golf (since the age of 8), amateur photography (who isn’t these days?), social media (he keeps Facebook in business), contemplating the meaning of life (doesn’t everyone?), swinging a 53-pound kettlebell as often as he can (you should too), and eating foods that are really bad for him (one foot on the gas, one foot on the brake). Continue reading “Jay Karen: National Golf Course Owners Association”
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