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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Sara Even
Sara joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in June of 2019 as a Manager of Marketing. Born and raised in Westland, MI, Sara was a multi-sport athlete which included basketball, golf, and soccer.
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Casey Katz
Casey joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in February of 2019 as a Manager of Corporate Sponsorship. Casey grew up in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and attended Prep School at Cushing Academy in New England.
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Nick Bennett
Nick first joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as an operations intern in August of 2018. He was able to excel in that role and was brought on as a Tournament Director in April of 2019.
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Jake Stronach
Jake has moved into this role after running tournaments for over a year joining the HJGT in April of 2019. Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Jake grew up playing hockey in the winter and golf in the summer time.
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Tom Moretti
Tom Moretti first joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour back in the summer of 2019.
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Brett Ammons
Brett joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour in January of 2020 as a Tournament Director based out of Orlando, FL.
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Cooper Henry
Cooper first joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as an Operations Intern in the summer of 2018.
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Austin Krider
Joined the Hurricane team in January 2020 as an operations intern out of Orlando, Florida.
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Tyler Walrath
Tyler first joined the Hurricane Junior Golf Tour as an operations intern in the fall of 2019. He was able to excel in that role and was brought on as a Tournament Director in January of 2020.
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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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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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