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Kelly Gibson

Founder and Chairman

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Elizabeth Gibson

Founder and Secretary-Treasurer

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Kelly Gibson is a Senior Advisor for Alvarez & Marsal, a global consulting firm based in New York City. He focuses on business development and private equity opportunities. Mr. Gibson is the Chairman and Founder of the Kelly Gibson Foundation and CEO of the Gibson Golf Group. Kelly is a fifth generation New Orleanian. He attended Lamar University where he became an honorable mention All-American in Golf and graduated with a degree in Speech Communication in 1986. Kelly played on the PGA TOUR from 1992 to 2007, nominated for rookie of the year in 1992 and then became a lifetime veteran member by making 169 cuts. He is a current member of the Champions Tour, although he spends most of his time in the consulting business. Kelly was an associate player designer on TPC Louisiana in 2003, lead designer on Joseph M. Bartholomew Golf Course and Tchefuncta Country Club’s renovation in 2008. In 2010, he consulted on the Floridian National Golf Club, a Tom Fazio design. Most recently, he designed and built the Harmon Course at the Floridian with Jon Schmenk and Butch Harmon in 2017. Currently, he serves as Minister of Fun for Hogs Head Golf Club in Waterville, Ireland, a Robert Trent Jones II golf design. He is married to Elizabeth Portwood Gibson and has two daughters, Elle and Ava.

Elizabeth Gibson is the Secretary/Treasurer and co-founder of the Kelly Gibson Foundation. She graduated in December of 1994 with a degree in Psychology from Louisiana State University. After college, she went on to pursue her passion for teaching and dance working for American All-Star, a company specializing in dance team summer camps and special event production. During her 15 years with AAS, Elizabeth served as their head instructor and choreographer, trained and managed summer dance staff and organized special events such as state and national dance team championships. Elizabeth was also the Assistant Producer/Choreographer for ten NFL Super Bowl shows and served as the New Orleans Saints Saintsations Director/Choreographer for three years. In 2005, Elizabeth and her husband Kelly were living in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina devastated the city and surrounding areas. Determined to do whatever they could to assist in the recovery, Elizabeth and Kelly started Feed the Relief, a 501c3 charitable foundation focused on feeding the first responders and military personnel tasked with rescue and recovery after the storm. Fourteen years later, the organization is now called the Kelly Gibson Foundation and has expanded its outreach to include children's athletics. Elizabeth and Kelly along with their daughters, Elle and Ava, reside in Covington, LA.

Board of Directors

Kelly Gibson
Chairman

Jimmy Hingle
President

Steve Sawyer
Vice President

Elizabeth Gibson
Secretary-Treasurer

Patrick Cawthorne
Board Member

Jim Grady
Board Member

Patrick McMath
Board Member

Ken Friend
Board Member

John Hampford 

Board Member Emeritus (Deceased)

Chris Patrizi
Board Member

Giles Kibbe
Board Member

Michael Loup
Board Member

Stacey Serro
Board Member

Advisory Committee

Rhonda Bagby, CPA, MBA, MS

Scott Ballard

Toni Becnel

Bryan Blaum

Cooper Brennan


Thomas Brennan II

Brian Cafferty

Jacqui Concolino, LPGA

Luke Farabaugh

Dr. Keith Gibson


Troy Harris

Julie Hingle

Mike Hoss

Bill Hussey


Rick Kuebel

 

Steve Lazar

James Leitz, PGA

Duane Lorio, CPA

Ed Malone


Randy Mason

Pete Mathews


Rob Noel, PGA

Charlotte Lee Reiss

Ross Steele

Ian Tigchelaar

Desi Vega

Leo Verde


Alison Walshe, LPGA

Chris Warner

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