ANNUAL MEETING
PRESIDENT’S REPORT PRESENTED BY OUTGOING PRESIDENT GRANT YOSHIHARA DURING THE 128TH ANNUAL MEETING FEB. 5, 2019
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am honored to have been able to serve as your president this year. Our accomplishments would not have been possible without the entire board and the entire group of talented members, staff and management. I want to particularly thank my fellow officers, D’Anne O’Neill, Dave Brezinski, and John Helmer III — you have provided great leadership for the team of trustees. And I want to thank my wonderful wife, Colleen, who has greatly supported me throughout the three years of board service.
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MARCH 2019
We all owe a special thanks to the entire MAC staff for the hard work that has gone into pulling off tonight’s Annual Meeting. Special thanks are in order to Food & Beverage Director Cameron McMurry, Executive Chef Philippe Boulot, Facilities Director John Sterbis, and their teams, who’ve all transformed our club to inform, entertain, and feed us in such style tonight. Our accomplishments this year include a continuation of positive developments started last year and the start of some changes you should see progressing over the next years. First, we continued the high level of cooperation between the board and the club’s Executive Leadership Team.
That team consists of General Manager Norm Rich, Finance & Accounting Director Lindsey Bakker, Athletic & Wellness Director Elsa Lemoine, Technology Director Matt Abraham, Member Services Director Lisa Virtue, Marketing Communications Director Jen Scott, Human Resources Director Alison Beppler, Facilities Director John Sterbis, Food & Beverage Director Cameron McMurry, and Director of Operational Efficiency Melania Oppat. In the past year, the Board and Executive Leadership Team have worked diligently to ensure completion of a strategic direction for the club and begin execution on key initiatives that are identified in the plan. Our first area of focus has been on implementing strategies that will build a stronger database that can support improved operational decision-making. Frankly, our depth and quality of data has been