Kelly Gibson
Founder and Chairman


Elizabeth Gibson
Founder and Secretary-Treasurer


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.
