In digging through some files recently, Robin Jervey came across the paperwork for the CWGA’s annual meeting — from 1992.
It was a nice bit of symmetry for Jervey. In ’92, she presided over her first annual meeting as the CWGA’s executive director. On Saturday (March 1) at Inverness, Jervey will oversee her last as she’s leaving the CWGA in about a month to become director of event management for JBC Golf, based in the Boston area. (For that story, CLICK HERE.)
After Jervey’s 22 years on the job, her last major public event as CWGA executive director could be emotional.
“I’m sure it will be,” said Jervey (pictured above, with fellow CWGA staffer Kim Schwartz, at last year’s annual meeting). “I couldn’t keep it together the other day (at a party in her honor at the home of Colorado Golf Hall of Famers Kent and Janet Moore). As the time gets closer, some things hit me as sentimental. I’m sure it will be tough to deal with, with this (annual meeting) being the last one. I’ll try to keep it together, but I’m sure I’ll lose it.”
These first months of 2014 have been — and will be — full of change for female golf administrators in the state. Besides Jervey, Saturday’s CWGA annual meeting will mark the final day on the job for Kelley Mawhinney, CWGA tournament and junior golf operations manager, who is moving to South Carolina/Georgia (or thereabouts) after three years of working for the association, the first one as an intern, then two as a staffer.
In another move, former CWGA staff member LindaSue Chenoweth recently departed — for family-related reasons — after nearly a decade with the Colorado Open Golf Foundation, much of it spent as the chief operations officer. Chenoweth did considerable behind-the-scenes work to make the three HealthOne Colorado Open championships (men’s open, women’s open and men’s seniors) run smoothly. She also played a key role with the First Tee of Green Valley Ranch.
To add to the list, two CGA female staffers are going on maternity leave in the first half of 2014. Director of operations Briena Goldsmith is expected to give birth in mid-April and return to her CGA work after three months. And Evans Scholarship Recruiter Emily Olson begins her maternity leave late this month and plans to work part-time upon her return in the spring.
A lot of things “seem to be happening all at once,” Jervey said.
Amid all the changes, the CWGA will host one of Colorado’s biggest women’s golf-related meetings of the year, Saturday’s CWGA annual meeting at the Inverness Hotel and Conference Center.
The day will feature a variety of 50-minute educational breakout sessions and a keynote speech by Cheryl Burget, who runs leadership and transformational workshops. Jervey said about 250 people are expected to attend the meeting, most representing the roughly 100 clubs which come to the event.
Among the highlights of the day will be:
— Burget, who speaks internationally, is the founder of “Your Intended Life”, a company that helps people become successful “by learning to live their passions.” She’ll touch on that subject, as well as “the Passion Test for Golf — Keys to Creating Your Best Game” and about “the importance of focus and intention” in breakout sessions and during her brunch keynote address.
“It’s been a few years since we’ve had a keynote speaker, so hopefully the members will enjoy that,” Jervey said.
— The other breakout sessions will include a best-practices discussion regarding women’s club membership, with some of the more successful clubs in Colorado sharing what makes things work for them; one-time LPGA Tour champion Lauren Howe will speak about managing your emotions to have greater success in golf and life; a Rules of Golf interactive session; and an open forum with CWGA staffers.
— Janene Guzowski of Lakewood Country Club, a director for the Western Golf Association, will talk about the 2014 BMW Championship PGA Tour event that will be played at Cherry Hills Country Club this year, and about the Evans Caddie Scholarship. Proceeds from the BMW Championship benefit the Evans Scholarship. Near the the end of the day, there will be a drawing for BMW Championship tickets.
— In the business meeting that will conclude the day, Jervey will speak about the CWGA highlights of last year and what’s upcoming, and she’ll undoubtedly bid adieu to the membership.
— And, depending on how candidate interviews go this week, the new CWGA executive director may be introduced to the members.
