The Friends of Newton Tennis Inc. - 2022-2023 Officers and Board of Directors

ORGANIZATION

 2024 Board of Directors

Thomas H. Friedman, President
Sami O'Reilly, Secretary/Clerk  
Eric Segal, Treasurer

Bruce Baron
Noura Guermazi
Bob Jampol  
Brian Lomax  
Stan Mescon
Julie Pierce  
Sophie Wax  

David Fish, ex-officio/advisor
Stephanie Lapham, City of Newton Parks, Recreation and Culture liaison

Committees

  1. Membership, Fundraising and Marketing  - set, communicate and execute membership development, fundraising and outreach goals. Tom Friedman and Julie Pierce.
  2. Tennis Tournaments - plan, promote and manage regional novice to high performance tournament events. Tom Friedman, Noura Guermazi, Sophie Wax (tournament director), Sami O'Reilly, Stan Mescon, Bob Jampol, Dave Fish (tournament chair), Jeff Bearup (Advisor) and Stephanie Lapham (city liaison).
  3.  Public Court Management  - update annual court audit during the Spring, observe maintenance of the city's police 65 courts year round and liaison with city Parks, Recreation and Culture Department.  Bruce Baron, Brian Lomax, Noura Guermazi and Bob Jampol.
  4. Finance & Governance - oversee budgeting, management, strategy and board of director activities including recruiting new board members. Bruce Baron and Eric Segal (treasurer), Brian Lomax, Stan Mescon and Sophie Wax.

Special Interest Committees

  • Pickleball Court - develop and oversee a balanced city-wide plan for hybrid and dedicated pickleball courts.  George Adams, Julie Pierce and Amy Gordon.
  • All Season Community Center - pursuing the building of an all-season multi-racquet sport facility on this campus located in Oak Hill Section. Stan Mescon and Tom Friedman, Rob Miller- Tennis Advocate, Mark Goodman - Padel advocate, Jeff Ward - Brookline Paddle Club, Brian Smith - Brookline Paddle Club and Jeff Cournoyer (UMass-Amherst liaison)
  • Boston Metro Spec Tennis Club - coordinates weekly Sunday round robin and serves as an organizing group for this new tennis-friendly,mini-court paddle game for multi-generations. Chas Luca (Head Ambassador and Organizer), Dave Fish (Advisor/Evangelist) Eric Bavly (Newton), Tony Nakhle (Wellesley), Betsy Amsbary (Needham) and Neal Mackertich (Northborough/Metro West)