About

Mark joined The First Tee of Raritan Valley as the chapter’s first Program Director in March 2011 and began serving as Executive Director in December 2016. A native of Pottsville, Pa and graduate of Moravian College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and minor in Sociology. A four-year letter winner on the golf team at Moravian with All-Conference Honors in his Junior and Senior years and Conference Champions in 1994. He also served as Team Captain during his junior and senior years.

Within The First Tee, Mark is a Recognized The First Tee Coach and Program Director, National Coach Trainer and is working towards status as a Recognized Executive. Mark coached at the Life Skills and Leadership Academy in San Diego in 2014 and the College Golf Prep Academy in Reno in 2015 & 2016.

Mark lives in Milltown, NJ with his wife, Sue, and daughter Abby (a PLAYer level participant with The First Tee) and step-son Mark a Second-Class cadet at the United States Air Force Academy.

Michael joined The First Tee of Raritan Valley as their Program Coordinator in April 2018. Before that, he was involved with the Greater Dallas chapter for the past 5 years, volunteering as an Assistant Coach, Intern, and serving as the Regional Program Outreach Manager. Michael is a Recognized The First Tee Coach.

Michael first started as a participant of the program in the Greater Dallas chapter 13 years ago. After going through the program curriculum and attending the different national academies, he went on to graduate from Sam Houston State University. Now along with being on staff here, he is also a returning coach to the Life Skills and Leadership Academy the past 2 years. He is all about giving back to this wonderful organization and helping the future follow in his footsteps.