Paula Amoriello
Elected 2014

• 1990 – Became active in JGA of Broward County
• 1993 – Treasurer of JGA of Broward County
• 1995 – Vice-President of JGA of Broward County
• 1997 – Present – President of JGA of Broward County
• 1998 – Co-Founder of Gold Coast Junior Golf Foundation
• 1998-2012- President of GCJGF
• 2005 – Associated with Majorie Stoneman Douglas HS Golf Teams
• 2012 – 2016- Immediate Past President
• 2016 – Present- Vice President

Al Latimer
Elected 2014

• Graduate of Rutgers University
• Certified Public Account – Sawyer & Latimer, P.A. – Tax Accountants
• 1990 – Member Board of Directors and Treasurer of JGA of Broward County
• 1998 – Co-Founder of Gold Coast Junior Golf Foundation
• 1998 – Present- Member of Board of Directors and Treasurer – GCJGFLow Handicap Golfer & Avid
• Photographer

Wayne McKinney
Elected 2014

• 1959 – 1962 United States Navy – Petty Officer – Honorable Discharge
• 1964 – 1978 General Manager & Head Golf Professional at four Country Clubs and Resorts
• 1971 – Became involved in junior golf with the International Pee Wee Championships conducted at Cypress Creek GC, Orlando, FL
• 1994 – Volunteered with the JGA of Broward County
• 1995 – 2003 – 2015 – JGA of Broward County – Waston Award
• 1996 – 1998 – Member of JGA of Broward County Board of Directors and Executive Director
• 1998 – Co-Founder of Gold Coast Junior Golf Foundation
• 1998 – 2021 – Executive Director GCJGF
• 2021 – Present – President
• ​2002-2003 – City of Boca Raton – Part-Time Employee of the Year
• 2008 – First person elected to the JGA of Broward County Hall of Fame
• 2008 & 2015 – Finalist for the South Florida PGA Hall of Fame
• 2017 JGA of Broward Lifetime Achievement Award

Lexi Thompson
Elected 2014

• 2000 – Joined Gold Coast Junior Golf Foundation
• 2002 – Player of the Year Girls 7-9
• 2003 – Member of winning Team GCJGF vs Don Law Golf
• 2003 – Recipient of PAW Award
• 2003 – Member of GCJGF Okee-Gold Cup Team (winning all 3 points)
• 2004 – Match Play Champion Girls 7-9
• 2005 – Forward  go to  LPGA bio
• 2016 – USA Olympian – Golf

Taylor Collins
Elected 2015

• 2004 – Prestige Junior Championships Girls 13 – 15 Winner
• 2005 – Prestige Junior Championships Girls 16 – 18 Winner
• Member of the first three NCAA Championship-winning Nova Southeastern University teams in both school and program history (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Won the 2011 NCAA individual National title, posting a record for score in relation to par in any NCAA Division (10-under 278), as well as the same standard across all levels for a single round (a 6-under 66 in the third round).
• Still the program record-holder for a lowest round as well, both as a total and in relation to par.
• Three-time NCAA All-American (2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11)
• Two-time All-unshine State Conference selection (2009-10, 2010-11)
• Invited to participate in Golf Channel’s Big Break Mexico, which she won.
• Big Break Reynolds Plantation  and Big Break Reynolds Plantation – Reunion.
• Turned Professional 2012, joining the LPGA Symetra Tour.
• Taylor Collins won the 2022 SFPGA Championship and earned a spot in the 2022 PGA Championship.

Stefanie Kenoyer
Elected 2015

• 2004 – Prestige Junior Championships Girls 16 – 18 Winner
• 2005 – Prestige Junior Championships Girls 16 – 18 Third Place
• All Scholar Women’s Golf Coaches Association Team (National Golf Coaches Association) 2008-2009
• Southern Conference Champion 2008 & 2009
• Southern Conference Player of Year 2009 & 2010
• Furman Student-Athlete Achievement Award 2011
• All Southern Conference 2011
• Career Stroke Average 2007-2011 121 Rounds 74.68
• Ranks #1 Career Stroke Average for Furman Players with 100 + Rounds
• Competed in four U.S. Women’s Amateur Championships (2007-2010)
• Competed in the 2009 U.S. Women’s Open Championship
• Selected to compete and finished eighth individually in the 2010 World Collegiate Championships in Malaga, Spain.
• Turned Professional in 2011, joining the LPGA Symetra Tour
• Invited to participate in Golf Channel’s Big Break Mexico.
• Big Break NFL Puerto Rico and Big Break Reynolds Plantation – Reunion

Alan Steinberg
Elected 2015

• 1978 – Graduate of University of South Florida
• 1978 – Present – South Florida Business Executive
• 1999 – became associated with junior golf when his son started playing in the JGA of Broward County.
• 2001 – JGA’s Watson award for his outstanding contribution as a volunteer.
• 2002 – Member of the JGA Board of Directors.
• 2003 –  2012 – Vice President JGA of Broward County and Executive Director
• 2004 – elected the Gold Coast Junior Golf Foundation Board of Directors.
• 2005 – 2011 – Vice President of GCJGF
• 2012 -2015 – President of GCJGF
• 2016 – Present – Immediate Past President and Vice President – GCJGF
• 2007 – 2012 – USF Alumni Board of Directors
• 2007 – Present – Co-Chair of the USF Alumni Broward Chapter
• ​2016 – JGA of Broward County Hall of Fame

Daniel Berger
Elected 2017

• 2005 – Joined GCJGF
• ​2007 – Prestige Junior Championships – Boys 13-14 Champion
• 2013 – Won the Sun Trust Gator Invitational Tournament
• Won the Seminole Invitational Tournament
• Twice named 1st Team All-American by GCAA
• 2013 – ​Turned Professional
• PGA Tour Rookie of the Year
• ​See PGA Tour bio for additional information

Kaylin Yost
Elected 2017

• 2009 – Holiday Classic Champion for Girls 13-18
• 2009 – 2nd Place Back to School Open
• 2010 – 2nd Place Prestige Junior Championships
• Born with dislocated hips and spent 15 mouths in full body cast
• Learned at age 2 she only had 10% hearing in both ears
• Graduated from Campbell University
• 2012 & 2014 – Big South Player of the Year
• 2012 – Won JMU Eagle Landing Invitational
• 2012 & 2013  – Won the Fighting Camel Classic
• 2014 Won the John Kirk Lady Panther Intercollegigate
• 2014 Turned Professional
• Won the Gold Medal in the 2017 DeafOlympics

Marty Caparros
Elected 2018

Marty became involved in GCJGF in 2002 when his son Kristian began playing.  He was a fixture at most all events as Kristian worked his way up the ranks, eventually becoming an AJGA All American.  Marty wanted to do more for junior golf and worked with GCJGF to begin the Prestige Junior Championships.  This event quickly became a national event where several future PGA tour players participated annually; such as: Daniel Berger, Tom Lovelady, Sam Horsfeld, Curtis Thompson, Max Greyserman and many other up and coming players. Marty has continued to contribute to GCJGF and other local golf organizations, providing funding for players that required financial assistance to play golf.

Marty and his wife Patty, have two children. Kristian, who is currently playing on the PGA Tour Latin-America and Ashley who is attending college.

Aaron Wise
Elected 2018

• Born in Cape Town, South Africa
• Joined GCJGF in 2004
• Finished 6th in 2007 Prestige Junior Championships
• Completed playing junior golf in California
• Attended University of Oregon – leading team to NCAA Championship – 2016
• Individual winner of NCAA Championship – 2016
• Turned Professional 2016
• AT & T Byron Nelson Winner 2018

Vince Carver
Elected 2019

• Avid Golfer
• CFO of Pacifico Companies
• Graduate of Wichita State College
• CPA
• Married to Jean, son Jared and daughter Lauren played in GCJGF
• Elected to the GCJGF Board of Directors in 2006, currently the President
• JGA of Broward County Board Member, currently the Treasurer
• Assistant Golf Coach for Archbishop McCarthy High School

Carl Phillips
Elected 2020

Head Coach Boys and Girls Golf Archbishop McCarthy High School

Carl Phillips attended the University of Southern Mississippi on a golf scholarship and graduated in May of 1993. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Hotel and Restaurant Administration with minors in Coaching and Sports Administration, Business Management. As a golfer, he became a four year letterman. After college he turned professional and played on various mini-tours and has also been a local golf professional at a few courses around South Florida. In 2000 he became the Southern Chapter Apprentice Player of the Year.

Coach Phillips took over the McCarthy men’s team in 2003 and in the next year he started the women’s team from scratch. His women’s team won the State title in 2015, 2017 and 2019 and has made the golf program at Archbishop McCarthy not only one of the top programs in Broward County, but in the state of Florida. Coach Phillips was named Coach of the Year by The Herald in 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019. In 2015, he was named Florida Dairy Farmers 2A Girls Coach of the year and his team became State Champions for the first time in the school’s history.

Mike Richards
Elected 2020

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• SFPGA Southern Chapter Teacher of the Year
  2011 & 2018
• SFPGA Section Teacher of the Year 2014

AWARDS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• SFPGA Southern Chapter Player Development Award 2022
• US Kids Top 50 Kids Teacher 2017
• US Kids Top 50 Kids Teacher Honorable Mention 11 times
• US Kids Certified Instructor 8 times
• GRAA Top 50 Growth of the Game Teaching Professional-2014-2017-2018-2019-2020-2021
• Sun-Sentinel Boys High School Golf Coach of the Year 2019

Johnathan Robertson
Elected 2021

President & Managing Director, TG Capital & Co-Founder, R-Squared Charitable Fund National Leadership Council. Prior to joining TG Capital, Johnathan was a consultant with McKinsey & Company.  Johnathan played college football, was named to the USA Today All-Academic Team, and continues his love of sport today by serving as a Director for the United States Olympic and Paralympic Foundation and serving on the Florida Panthers Ownership Advisory Group. Johnathan additionally serves on the Harvard Schools Committee, as a Director of the Museum of Discovery & Science, and as a Director of the I Have A Dream Foundation of Miami.  Johnathan has been a guest lecturer on private equity at Harvard.  Johnathan’s wife, Shannon, is a graduate of Stanford University and Harvard Business School. With the goal of supporting leadership development and student innovation, Shannon and Johnathan established the Robertson Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund at Harvard Business School and the Robertson Family Fund for Entrepreneurial Education at Harvard Law School.  Johnathan and Shannon are the proud parents of three children, all of whom they have coached in youth sports. Johnathan is a former member of the GCJGF Board of Directors and is responsible for the development of our GEM program.

Dr. Jack Heda
Elected 2022

• Medical degree from NYCPM
• Law degree from Nova Law
• Health Care Attorney
• Elected to the GCJGF Board of Directors 2006 till present
• Assistant Coach, Cypress Bay High School Golf Team, 2010-2013
• Married to Sandi
• Father of Michael Heda, who played GCJGF from 2002-2013 before advancing to D1 college golf; Victoria Heda graphic design and photographer volunteer for GCJGF, and Elanna Heda who also played GCJGF
• Of Counsel to GCJGF

Rick Toste

Max Greyserman
Elected 2024

• Played Florida Gold Coast Junior Golf from 2004-2007
• Played Golf Collegiately at Duke University and graduated with a Degree in Public Policy
• Won the 2014 New Jersey Open and the 2015 Amateur Championship
• Earned his Korn Ferry Tour Card through Q-School for the 2018 Season
• Earned his PGA Tour Card in 2023 finishing 9 th on the Korn Ferry Tour at the End of the
  Season
• 3 Top-10 Finishes in PGA Tour Rookie season and a T-21 at the US Open in Pinehurst
• Qualified for 2024 FedEx Cup Playoffs in Rookie Season