General Manager
Barry Kenneth McLaughlin
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Born: Boston, Massachusetts | Resides: Falmouth, MA
Current Position: General Manager (Current) Chequessett Club
Hired in March 2021 as the General Manager of the Chequessett Club.
Executive Director of The First Tee of Metropolitan New York and General Manager of the Mosholu Golf Course. Hired in April of 2002, served in this capacity until March 2021. During nearly two decades, of service, the youth development organization and nine-hole golf course in the Bronx thrived to be one of the top Chapters in the country. The Chapter grow to support the entire tri-state area with a total of six locations (Mosholu (NYC), Fairchild Wheeler (CT), Chelsea Piers (NYC), Eisenhower Park (LI-NY), Essex County-Newark (NJ) and Plainfield West Nine (NJ) serving of 15,000 participants annaually.
Other community relationships and committee involvement:
- Board Member, First Tee New York, Inc.
- NYU Scholarship Committee Member
- Nyack College Scholarship Committee Member
- Chairman of the Gala Committee (10th Anniversary Gala) First Tee New York, Inc.
- Secretary, Norwalk Little League
Awards & Recognition:
- Recognized The First Tee Executive Director
- Community Service Award, VISIONS (Services for the blind of New York City)
- Community Service Award, Special Olympics (NYC and Fairfield County)
- World Golf Foundation, Chairman’s Award 2007
Administration and Membership Director
Tracy Dean
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Tracy Dean is happy to call Eastham her home since 2020, and the Chequessett Club her home away from home since 2021. Tracy has been a custom interior designer for the last two decades, during which she also owned her own interior design firm for eight years. She has also served for three years as a board member of the Maritime Condominium Association and volunteer at the Maritime Aquarium, both in Connecticut. All of these experiences have honed her strong interpersonal, customer-service, leadership, and administrative skills; she looks forward to seeing you around the club!
Director Of Events and Sales
Reven Oliver
A Wellfeet local, Reven is thrilled to return to her hometown after living in Maine for the past 6 years. She coordinated over 100 weddings during her time with Chequessett between 2005 – 2012. Her special events background includes stints with professional tennis, Sydney, Salt Lake City and Athens Olympic Games, Maine Magazine, American Cancer Society and L.L.Bean.
Reven’s family owns and operates Olivers Red Clay Tennis in Wellfleet. A former collegiate tennis player at Guilford College in North Carolina, she taught tennis at Olivers and Chequessett for 25 summers.
Reven is excited to help make your special event a memorable experience.
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Director of Waterfront and Sailing
Harry Munns
The Chequessett Club has hired Harry Munns, Director of Waterfront and Sailing. I hope you will all welcome Harry as he works to restore a robust sailing program here at the Club of the next few years. 2022 will see the return of Sailing as a part of the summer camp.
Harry Munns began spending time on power and sailboats as a boy in his native Massachusetts. His love of the ocean brought him to southern California where he began sailing, teaching and doing captain work professionally. He was one of the founders of the American Sailing Association.
In his 20 year career at ASA, Harry trained hundreds of instructors around the world, wrote or contributed to many boating publications including his popular book, Cruising Fundamentals.
Harry was one of the original authors of the NASBLA National Education Standards that were developed at the behest of the coast guard and funded by a series of USCG grants.
He holds a USCG Master, 100 Gross Ton License as well as an American Sailing Association Offshore Passagemaking Instructor Evaluator rating. He continues to sail, lecture and write whenever time allows.
Additionally, Harry will be offering an afternoon sailing program for youth and teenagers. Dates and time for that program are being created and an announcement should be forthcoming. If you require assistance with any waterfront activities or the storage of watercraft, please contact Harry at dwscycc@gmail.com Note: there is a lot of work going on at the beach, so please don’t drive down to that area without approval from Harry. Thank you
Head Tennis Professional
Calvin Dees
Calvin Dees has been a certified USPTR Tennis Professional since 1997 and has more than twenty years of teaching experience. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Winston-Salem State University and played competitively in USTA tournaments for over twenty years as a junior and young professional. He continues to play competitively in two USTA leagues and is rated as a 4.5 level player. During the indoor season, Calvin teaches adults and juniors of all skill levels by means of private and group lessons at Bloomfield Tennis Club in Connecticut. He has successfully coached his junior tennis team to the national championships two years in a row.
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Certified Pickleball Instructor
Dr. Tom Quimby
Dr. Tom Quimby, a Wellfleet resident, is a certified Pickleball Instructor from the IPTPA and recently won the Gold Medal in the National Senior Games 2022 in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He is a retired Professor Emeritus of Physical Education, Ed.D. from Plymouth State University, Hofstra University and Bridgewater State University. Winters are spent in Sebastian, Fl or traveling. Tom is a former high school Physical Education and Health teacher at Nauset Regional High School where he developed the Adventure Education program. Friends call him, TQ.
Golf Course Superintendent
David Stott
David Stott has served as the Golf Course Superintendent at Chequessett since 2001. Prior to this appointment, he was the Construction Project Manager for Atlantic Golf Course Construction in Winchester, Massachusetts. David has also served as the Assistant Superintendent at the York Golf and Tennis Club in York, Maine.
David’s background in golf course construction has proven to be an essential asset as Chequessett continues to upgrade it bunkers and teeing areas. His continued sculpting of fairways with the use of high, native grasses has helped restore the course to its original links style.
Pro Shop
Director of Golf Operations
Mike Peterson
Golf Professional
Don Brigham
Greetings from Don Brigham. I arrived Friday April 30, 2021 and on Saturday May 1st I began work as your new Golf Professional. I am delighted to join you at this very special club.
I am a native Texan and spent my formative years in Oklahoma. After graduation from Oklahoma Baptist University I moved to the Cape and married my college sweetheart Diana Johnson from South Yarmouth.
My golf career took me from my first professional job at the Bass River Golf Club in South Yarmouth to The Quechee Club in Vermont, and after a one-year stint on The PGA Tour, to The Country Club of Florida in Boynton Beach. I was then selected as the Head Golf Professional at Rumson Country Club in Rumson, N.J. where I served for 22 years.
I have been “semi” retired since my days at Rumson and have sought seasonal positions which allow us to winter in Port Saint Lucie, Florida. These include stints on the professional staff at the Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey, The Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia, and most recently at The Golf Club of New England in New Hampshire.
Diana and I have three grown kids, Brooke, Corey, and Devin and are blessed with three amazing grandkids.
I’m looking forward to a great season. I’m here to help you improve your golf, to help you enjoy your time at the club and to do my best to keep you coming back.