Meet the HJGT Staff
Mario Conte
Mario Conte serves as the Executive Director and founder of the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour. Mario started the HJGT back in 2007 due to his passion for junior golf and turned it into the largest junior tour in the country. In 2017 Mario announced one of the biggest partnerships in the history of junior golf bringing the Nexus group on board as a new partner of the HJGT. Lead partners in Nexus include Tiger Woods, Justin Timberlake, and the Tavistock Group.
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Mike Barbato
Mike joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as the Chief Operating Officer in March of 2018 based out of Orlando FL. In this role Mike is responsible for designing and implementing the day to day business operations of the tour, including establishing policies that promote company culture and vision, as well as drive performance and growth.
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Dan F. Crowther
Dan joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as the Director of Marketing in March of 2013. Originally from the New York area Dan is a graduate of Manhattan College in Riverdale, NY.
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Chip Hoch
Chip joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in January of 2017 as a Tournament Director based out of Orlando.
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Collin Elphic
Collin joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as an intern in the fall of 2017 and is now the head of Human Resources, Course Scheduling Manager, and Director of Sponsorship's.
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Sam Harris
Sam joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as a Marketing intern in August of 2017 before being brought on full-time as a Marketing Manager in December.
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Chris Grillo
Chris joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in January of 2008 after being the first Tournament Operations Intern in 2007. He was born and raised in Norwalk, Connecticut and attended Norwalk High School. Chris graduated from Saint Leo University in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Hospitality and Tourism Management.
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Thomas Byrne
Thomas joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in 2015 as a Tournament Director based in Los Angeles and focused on the west coast of the United States .Thomas is now the Director of Operations for the HJGT and oversees all full time tournament directors and all 275 events from coast to coast.
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Aaron Westlake
Aaron joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in February of 2018 as a Tournament Director based out of Orlando, Fl. Born and raised in a small town in Pennsylvania, Aaron was a multi-sport athlete which included basketball, soccer, and motocross.
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Alex Scitti
Alex joined with the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in the spring of 2018 as an operations intern based out of Atlanta. Hired full time in May 2018 as a tournament Director. Alex was born and raised in State College, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Lock Haven University with a bachelors degree in sports administration.
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Chris Mari
Chris joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in August of 2018 as a Tournament Director based out of Orlando, FL. Growing up in Southwest Florida, Chris has been around golf his entire life. He graduated from The University of Central Florida with a B.A. in Human Communications.
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Logan Gettis
Logan joined Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in the Summer of 2017 as an operations intern and then full time in November of 2018. He was born and raised in Reading, Pennsylvania. He graduated in August of 2018 from the University of Florida with a B.S. in Sport Management and minor in Sustainability Studies.
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Brian Chafin
After forty years in college athletics Brian Chafin retired from Centre College as the Director of Athletics and Director of Golf. Brian joined the HJGT in 2011.
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Steve Jones
Steve Jones retired from Nationwide Insurance Companies in 2006 after 26 years and joined the HJGT in 2008.
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Paul Ellis
Paul Ellis joined the HJGT in 2015 as a Tournament Director after serving as President of the Plantations Junior Golf Tour.
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