Ballots have been distributed through the monthly newsletter, Memberabilia, to all members of the club and should be returned to the Election Committee no later than 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 2. Sealed ballots can be placed in the locked ballot box in the clubhouse lobby or mailed to the Election Committee to P.O. Box 668, Pinehurst, NC, 28370.
The results will be announced at the annual meeting scheduled for Dec. 9 at 9 a.m. in the resort dining room opposite the 91st Hole restaurant.
The candidates are David Funderburg, Richard Johnston, Kathryn McGowan, Shirley E. Potter and John Roe.
Funderburg has been a member of the club for 15 years. His club activities include being on the board of the No. 6 Property Owners Association, serving as vice president for one year and then as president for the following two years. He has been active in the Men’s Golf Association and served on the Men’s Three Day Member-Guest Committee for two years.
“I am running for a seat on the board with a very positive attitude,” he said. “I am impressed with the progress made by previous boards in improving relations with the management of PCC, and I would strive to be part of a team that continues that effort.
“I want to emphasize that if elected, I would work with the board and management of PCC to strengthen communication with the members and try to bring any legitimate issues to the table for board discussion.”
He and his wife, Joan, moved to Pinehurst from northern California and say they have always felt fortunate to be a part of the “Pinehurst experience.” They moved into their home on Course No. 6 in January 1996.
His business experience was in sales management and marketing, primarily in the hospitality and food service industry. His area of responsibility was California, northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii.
Funderburg is a member of Tin Whistles. He sings with the Golf Capital Chorus and is an enthusiastic supporter of the Pinehurst Tennis Club.
Johnston has been a member of the club for 3? years. His club-related activities include serving as a volunteer charter member of the Member Relations Committee at the 2001 fall membership meeting. He chaired the committee that documented the current Board of Governors/Pinehurst Country Club Members Communication Network and proposed a plan for the future.
He said he interviewed people and wrote articles about the newly elected and retiring board members that were published in the Memberabilia. Johnston conducted many of the interviews in the newly developed series of articles regarding the board committees, which he said helped him better understand how the board is structured and its success, frustrations and concerns.
“My observation is that issues, concerns and questions effectively communicated could bring about positive change,” Johnston said of his reason to run for the board. “The unique structure of PCC inherently limits the authority of the BOG; however, this does not preclude the development of a position of considerable influence to function effectively as the advocate for all members.
“My experience, positive approach, bias for the action and high energy level will enhance the representation of all members at the table.”
He and his wife, Johnni, have three children and four grandsons. He said he devoted almost all his senior management career with a global manufacturer of process equipment for the dairy, food, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. This included living in Australia and Hong Kong.
He and his wife say they are avid sailboat racers. He serves as secretary to the Southern Pines Men’s Garden Club.
McGowan has been a member of the club for four years. Her club activities include co-chairing — with her husband, Dick — the golf special events holiday tournament this year. She serves on the Member Relations Committee and is the chairperson of the newly created Welcoming Committee for the BOG.
She is a member of the Birdies and the Women’s Golf Association groups. She serves on the board for the Birdies.
I have enjoyed working on the Member Relations Committee and the new Welcoming Committee,” she said. “I would like to continue to work with the members to take us to a higher level of cooperation and communications between the members and management.”
She and her husband have been married for 20 years and have four children and five grandchildren through their extended families. They are originally from Philadelphia but have spent 18 years in the Allentown, Pa., area, where they operated several successful restaurants. They were active volunteers in several organizations before moving to Pinehurst.
She said golf is a very important part of their lives now. She also said she enjoys gardening (now on the pot level), reading, and is computer enthusiast.
“Finding a better mousetrap (better and easier ways of doing things) has always been a challenge to me,” she said. “We communicate in sign language with my mom (88 years young and deaf) who lives with us.”
Potter has been a member of the club for seven years. She has been a member of the BOG for the past three years and has served as chairperson of the Golf Committee the past two years. She also served on the board’s By-Laws Committee for three years and has been chairperson for the last two years.
She is a member of the Birdies and Women’s Golf Association golf groups and the Croquet Club. She served for three years on the board of the Birdies before joining the BOG.
She is a native of Cortland, N.Y., and worked in the metro New York area for a major food company as the manager of customer culinary development, sales training and serving as the customer hot line. She served for three years on the Executive Women’s Golf Associa-tion’s Champion-ship Golf Tourn-ament Committee and is currently a member of one of the golf course rating teams for the Carolinas Golf Association.
Potter volunteers with the Moore County Habitat for Humanity. As a beginner in the Croquet Club, she said she is trying to learn the various strategies of the game. She is single and lives with “Finny, the cat.”
Row has been a member of the club for a year. Since moving to Pinehurst, he has been a member of the Men’s Golf Association. As a regular member of the Newcomers golf group, he said he enjoys playing other courses in the area. He and his wife have participated in many of the club’s evening events.
“I believe that I have the experience, energy and commitment to help our club move along a path of continuous improvement,” he said of his reason to run for the board. “My career experience has provided me with a good perspective of what quality customer service can do for the long-term repeat business. Good rational negotiating is another skill that I can bring to the table.”
He and his wife, Pauline, were born in England. In 1981, a major aircraft systems company relocated them and their 18-year-old daughter and 16-year-old son to the United States.
They are now American citizens.
They were members of Mauh Nah Tee See Country Club in Rockford, Ill., where he served on the board and had responsibility for the club professional, all golf tournaments, junior golf and handicap system. Row had a 45-year career in the aerospace industry. He worked for an airframe manufacturer, and airline, a major aircraft system, a component supplier and his own consulting company.
His responsibilities have included a $300 million international business unit, a worldwide customer service organization, mergers and acquisitions, and worldwide marketing and sales.
