William Brown, Cgcs Email & Phone Number

Rocky Mount, North Carolina

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Responsible for the club's agronomic component of golf course development and major renovation projects.Develop Agronomic plans; ensure environmental compliance; determine solutions for turfgrass, pest, and water/irrigation issues; and maintain equipment and facility at its' best condition.

As a Committee member we are charged with oversight of the Certification Program for the GCSAA.

The Professional Development Committee was charged with oversight of the continuing education curriculum for the GCSAA. During my tenure we specifically reviewed and updated the competencies needed to earn the Certified Golf Course Superintendent status with the GCSAA

Responsible for the firm's agronomic component of golf course development and major renovation projects for Philadelphia Region.Develop Agronomic plans; ensure environmental compliance; determine solutions for turfgrass, pest, and water/irrigation issues; and maintain equipment and facilities at their best condition. Responsible for $1.9 million in operational budgets.$380,000 in yearly Capital Expenditure budgets.Completed over $585,000 in start-up Capital Improvements, which includes agronomic, facility and irrigation installation and upgrades.Assisted in development of Pegasus's Agronomic Standard Operating Procedures.Assisted VP of Agronomy with initiating National accounts for Pegasus Golf Management.Reports directly to Senior Vice President and Owners.

Semi-Private, 400 acre 18 hole facility Course Accolades"Best New Course in PA" Maxim Magazine."One of the Top 100 Places to play in the Mid-Atlantic" Washington Golf Monthly.#1 Rating, Golf Digest.Developed an aggressive Business Management Plan with a strong emphasis on course conditioning, which produced an increase in rounds of 195 percent, 200 percent in revenue, and 195 percent in Net Operating Income, all while cutting operating expenses by 30 percent.Developed programs for the management of the Brandywine Conservancy easement. This easement consists of over 385 acres of golf course, meadowlands, protected woodlands and wetlands areas.In coordination with the Brandywine Conservancy, spearheaded the installation of a 17.9-acre Riparian Buffer through the Broad Run Creek.Completed in the first 12 months numerous Capital projects; including full tee irrigation renovation and bunker reconstruction totaling over $145,000.Initiated a schedule for Capital Equipment Replacement, this included the setup of a $141,000 John Deere capital lease in 2007.

Chairman of By-Laws CommitteeChairman of Golf CommitteeChairman of Gala Committee

- Complete reorganization of Cavaliers C.C. Greens Department budgeting process and expense recording that included setup of a computerized TRIMS program; a program designed to facilitate monitoring of payroll, financial, pesticide and fertilizer records. During initial restructuring I was able to redistribute over $175,000.00 to the Greens Operating Budget for the 2005 fiscal year.- Initiated a schedule for Capital Equipment Replacement that included the purchase of 58,500.00 in Experience (Cont.) capital equipment in 2005 and setup of a 118,000.00 capital lease with John Deere for 2006.- In-house renovation of Cavalier’s irrigation system which included retrofitting current system with Toro’s 800 series irrigation heads and in coordination with John Deere upgrading the control system to Hunter’s Surveyor Control System.- In coordination with the Greens Committee development of a Tree Master Plan. During the winter of 2005 over 80 plus trees were removed to improve the health of weak turf with an additional 70 trees removed in 2006. 95% of this work was done in-house.- Development of Employee Handbook that included Golf Course Job Descriptions and Equipment Training Guide.- Successfully completed negotiations with DDA, DNMC, DNREC and DRBC in which Cavaliers Country Club was cleared of fines because of previous lack of reporting.- Complete restructuring of Cavaliers C.C. horticulture program that included the renovation and addition of over 30 gardens, construction of 2 Vermont Granite stonewalls and 2 Koy ponds.- Installation of over 15 acres of native areas in 2005 and an additional 5 plus acres in 2006.- Recontouring of over 25 acres of fairways, 4 acres of greens, and 2 acres of tees.

- Spearheaded a successful H2B program, which has reduced the maintenance staff turnover rate by 40 percent in 2003 and looking at another 50 percent reduction in 2005.- Coordinated the renovation of Whitford Country Club’s practice facility in coordination with Pennink Arrimour. Designed the irrigation system for the facility. - Supervised construction of new par 3 5th hole and par 5 4th green, in coordination with Architect Gil Hanse and Pennink Arrimour also included installation of Turfdrain on the 1st, 12th, 13th, and 14th greens.

design, private 18-hole golf course with annual operating budget of $700,000.