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    • About
      • Board of Directors
      • Staff
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      • Committees
      • Growing Tennis
      • EDI - INCLUSION
      • USTA NEWS
    • Adults
      • New To Tennis
      • Adult League
      • Local League Information
      • Adult State Championships
      • Callen Cup (Southern Cup)
    • Juniors
      • Junior Team Tennis
      • Junior Tournaments
      • 10 & Under Tennis
      • Ozaki Cup/Southern Closed
      • Player of the Month
    • Community
      • CTA Information
      • Grants
      • Volunteer Awards
      • Award Winners
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      • OCHSNER INFORMATION
    • Tournament Directors
      • Rules and Regulations
      • Officials
      • Sanctioning
  • Home
  • About
    • Board of Directors
    • Staff
    • Employment
    • Committees
    • Growing Tennis
    • EDI - INCLUSION
    • USTA NEWS
  • Adults
    • New To Tennis
    • Adult League
    • Local League Information
    • Adult State Championships
    • Callen Cup (Southern Cup)
  • Juniors
    • Junior Team Tennis
    • Junior Tournaments
    • 10 & Under Tennis
    • Ozaki Cup/Southern Closed
    • Player of the Month
  • Community
    • CTA Information
    • Grants
    • Volunteer Awards
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    • Hall of Fame
    • OCHSNER INFORMATION
  • Tournament Directors
    • Rules and Regulations
    • Officials
    • Sanctioning

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2023-2024

President

Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President

GRADY WILSON

Shreveport/ Bossier City

Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President

Executive Vice President

Emily Becker

Covington

Vice President

Executive Vice President

Vice President


ED GASKELL

NEW ORLEANS

Vice President

Vice President

Vice President

Kathy Ruckstuhl

Lafayette

Secretary

Vice President

Secretary

BARBARA FISHER

Mandeville/Covington

Treasurer

Vice President

Secretary

LANA WHITLOW

New Orleans

Immediate Past President

Immediate Past President

Immediate Past President

Jay Boyd

Shreveport/Bossier City

Regional Representatives

Region I Southeast

Region III Southwest

Region I Southeast

Alvertha Penny

New Orleans

Region II Eastern

Region III Southwest

Region I Southeast

Josh Dubois

Baton Rouge

Region III Southwest

Region III Southwest

Region III Southwest

Tonya Anderson

Lafayette

Region IV Northern

Region V Northshore

Region III Southwest

Brian Bernard

Shreveport/ Bossier City

Region V Northshore

Region V Northshore

Region V Northshore

Jay Butcher

Mandeville

PTR Representative

Region V Northshore

Region V Northshore


Alvin Varnado

USPTA Representative

USPTA Representative

USPTA Representative

Janusz Conradi

Lafayette

Director at Large

USPTA Representative

USPTA Representative

Anna Monhartova

New Orleans

Director at Large

USPTA Representative

Director at Large

Charles Ayles


Past Presidents

Bruce Kingsdorf

Bruce Kingsdorf

Bruce Kingsdorf

2019-20

Robert Daigle

Bruce Kingsdorf

Bruce Kingsdorf

2017-2018

Rob Worley

Bruce Kingsdorf

Drew Meyers

2015-2016

Drew Meyers

Brett Schwartz

Drew Meyers

2012-2014

Brett Schwartz

Brett Schwartz

Brett Schwartz

2010-2011

Wayne Bono

Brett Schwartz

Brett Schwartz

2008-2009

Kathy Hinrichs

Kathy Hinrichs

Kathy Hinrichs

2006-2007

List of Past Presidents

Bruce Kingsdorf (2019- 2020)

Robert Daigle (2017-2018)
Robert Worley (2015-2016)
Drew Meyers (2012-2014)
Brett Schwartz (2010-2011)

Wayne Bono (2008-2009)

Kathy Hinrichs (2006-2007)

Mike McNulty (2004- 2005)

John T. Liles (2002-2003)

Mark Shoptaugh (2001)

Diane Simpson (1999-2000)

Phillip Campbell (1997- 1998)

Betty Turner (1995- 1996)

Bill Hester (1993- 1994)

Mickey McNulty (1991-1992)

Robert Cavanaugh (1989-1990)

Tom Fink (1987- 1988)

Charles Turner (1985-1986)

Dr. Paul DeCamp (1983- 1984)

Donald Roane (1981- 1982)

James Kirby (1979-1980)

Madlyn Boustany (1977-1978)

Dan Sandifer (1975- 1976)

Bing Delatte (1973- 1974)

USTA LOUISIANA BYLAWS

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Brett Schwartz nominated to lead usta southern

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Brett Schwartz, Ted Reese nominated to lead USTA Southern

PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. – SEPT. 20, 2022 – United States Tennis Association (USTA) Southern announced today that Brett Schwartz, of Mandeville, La., has been nominated to serve as USTA Southern Board of Directors President & CEO for the 2023-24 term. Ted Reese, of Cary, N.C., was nominated to the post of Executive Vice President.

Schwartz currently serves USTA Southern Executive Vice President. Previously he served as USTA Southern Vice President for two years and as Secretary. Other volunteer work includes currently serving as the USTA College Pathway Vice Chair for two terms. At Southern, he also served on the Diversity & Inclusion Task Force and Steering Committee. He headed the Louisiana Board of Directors as the President along with numerous other positions. At the sectional level he also served as a member of the Player Development Committee (2005-2011) and as Vice-Chair of the Professional Relations Committee for two terms and the USTA Southern Junior Competition Committee. 

He was a driving force for NJTL Blueprint for Success and expansion of the Build it Forward program. Additionally, after Hurricane Katrina, Schwartz served on the Hurricane Katrina Grant Committee, which obtained and oversaw a $500,000 grant from the USTA to rebuild the public and private facilities in New Orleans. He is the Director of Tennis at StoneCreek Club and Spa, in Covington, La. He is married to Lori Kieffer Schwartz. They have an 18-year-old son, Kieffer Joseph Schwartz, and a 15-year-old daughter, Kyleigh Ann Schwartz.

Reese has served as a Southern Vice President since 2017. He volunteers as the USTA Local Play and Competition Chair, Vice President of the North Carolina Tennis Foundation, and previously as a member of the USTA 10 and Under and Junior Team Tennis committees.  He is President of TTS, Inc., a tennis club and management firm, and is the Founder and Co-Tournament Director of the Atlantic Tire Championships ATP professional tournament. e.

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