Washington Golf
3401 South 19th St, Suite #200, Tacoma, WA 98405
(206) 526-8605 • (800) 643-6410
Administrative
Troy Andrew
CEO/Executive Director
Troy grew up working and playing golf at Oakbrook G&CC in Lakewood, Wash. He is a graduate of Central Washington University and he spent several summers working on the maintenance crew at Oakbrook to help pay for school.
Troy started working for the Associations in 1999 when he was hired as the Director of Rules and Competition. After seven years in the Championship Department, he became the Director of Communications until 2007, when he was named Assistant Executive Director. In 2011, Troy was named CEO/Executive Director of the Associations and The Home Course.
Troy is a proud husband and a father of two boys. When he isn't working, he is with his family and he is hopeful to get them out on the golf course more.
Heather Wilson
Controller
Heather joined the Association in May 2014 excited to work with a sports organization that promotes the positive impact of athletics beyond the scorecard. Being involved in a variety of sports throughout her life has provided her with incredible experiences, a network of lasting relationships and a college education, both of which are part of the foundation for her life today. She is not a technical expert on the rules of the golf, but plays with family and friends to know the value of the game for its life lessons and personal benefits.
Heather’s principle role is to manage the business matters of the association utilizing her accounting degree from Boise State University (Go Broncos!) and successful work experience managing the human resources and finances of many non-profit organizations and services.
Marie Hasegawa
Office Administrator
Marie joined the WA Golf staff in 2021. A Washington native, she grew up in the West Seattle area with her parents and six siblings. She has been married to her awesome husband, Dean, for 34 years. Family means the world to Marie, and although she and her husband don't have kids of their own, the two remain close and stay busy with their large extended family.
Membership & Club Relations
Shari Jacobson
Head of Operations/
Director of Membership
& Club Relations
Shari joined the staff in March 2012. She is responsible for the growth and sustainability of the Club Representative Program, as well as the enhancement of our communications with the Club Representatives and our member clubs and facilities. She works closely with the activities of the Membership Services Department, and served as the Director of Championship Operations for the 2014 U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links which was held at The Home Course. Previously, Shari worked at a golf club as the event coordinator, and the club became like a second family (luckily her own family loves golf!).
Collin Westwood
Assistant Director of
Handicapping & Course Rating
Collin started working at the Association in September 2015. Before that he worked at The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. for eight years as the golf shop manager. With The Home Course being owned and operated by the Association, he had worked with the staff numerous times during championships and other events held at the course. With all of the experience working with the great people on staff, he knew it was a place he wanted to work.
Torrin Westwood
Assistant Director
of Club Relations
Torrin grew up in Port Hadlock, Wash. and has been around golf all his life, with his father being a golf course superintendent. He graduated from Washington State University in 2013 with a degree in Strategic Communication. He served an internship at the American Junior Golf Association, then in the Marketing Dept. at WSU Athletics. Torrin came to the Association as a USGA P.J. Boatwright Intern in May 2014, and was initially hired to the full time staff in the Championship Department, before moving to Membership & Club Relations in 2016.
Audrey Orem
Coordinator of Membership
Operations
Audrey has been a competitor in the Association’s championships for over five years and is excited to join the team and help grow the game. She attended Western Washington University where she played on the women’s golf team, serving as co-captain her senior year, and graduated with a degree in communication studies. She started in the sports field as a marketing intern for Western’s athletic department. Her dad taught her to play when she expressed an interest in joining her high school golf team.
Championships
Nate Schroeder
Director of Rules
& Competition
Nate began working in golf administration after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 2013 and spending a year as a USGA P.J. Boatwright Intern with the New York State Golf Association. In his free time you can find him out on the golf course, somewhere getting far too emotionally invested in Gopher sports, or outdoors exploring the Great Northwest.
Eric Sjogren, PGA
Assistant Director of
Rules & Competition
Eric was born and raised in Vancouver, Washington. He earned a degree in marketing with an emphasis in PGA Professional Golf Management from the University of Idaho in 2017. Eric worked for several years at Bend Golf Club (Bend, Ore.) and Royal Oaks Country Club (Vancouver, Wash.) before joining WA Golf staff in the spring of 2022. In his free time, he attends as many sporting events as he can and enjoys staying active with his wife, Cara.
Blake Martella
Manager of Rules & Competition
Blake was born and raised in Salinas, Calif. near the Monterrey Peninsula. He attended the University of Colorado and was the president of the Men's Water Polo Team there, graduating with a degree in Business Administration. Blake learned the game from his dad and the two would annually attend the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He first started working in the golf industry as a traveling operations intern for the American Junior Golf Association.
Kiselya Salcedo
Manager of Championship Operations
Give some background on yourself:
I grew up in the small, but wonderful, town of Cortez, Colorado. I moved to Ogden, Utah after high school to attend Weber State University where I played on the women's golf team. I loved my time on the golf team there and at the university. I also met my husband in Ogden and we were married in 2021. We have an adorable dog named Monti and we are thrilled to be living in Washington!
What’s your favorite thing about golf and how did you become interested in the golf industry?
Golf has been a huge part of my life since I was young. My favorite thing about golf is how it brings people together. Not only has it been a huge part of my family's life, but the friends I have made through the sport are very dear to me. I also love the competition and challenge it presents. I have been playing competitive golf since I was 7 years old. I have played at the national and collegiate level and have been working in the golf industry since 2016. I worked for the Utah Section PGA for 5 years, helping run their junior golf program. That is where my passion for helping the game grow and flourish began, and I look forward to continuing that here.
Who would be the three other players in your dream foursome?
My dream foursome would probably be Arnold Palmer, Seve Ballesteros and my dad.
Mark Wilhite
Championship
Operations Assistant
Marketing & Communications
Tom Cade
Director of Communications/
Editor-in-Chief
Tom started working for the Association in November of 2006. He got into the game at age 13 when he started working as a caddie at Sahalee Country Club. He returned to the Pacific Northwest in the late 1990s, and started managing some golf events, and that's how he got back into the golf industry.
Marilyn Esguerra
Director of Marketing
Marilyn’s job as the marketing director is to shine the best light on Washington Golf. A longtime Seattleite, she has played design and marketing roles for publishers and ad agencies in the Puget Sound area. She enjoys road trips, the outdoors and exploring new places and rediscovering favorites, especially when with her husband and two daughters. She has a Chi-Jack named Frida.
Vinny Fiorino
Manager of Communications
& Marketing
Working in sports has been a passion of Vinny’s his entire life, so much so that he received an undergraduate degree in sport management from Gonzaga University in 2016. Growing up in Tacoma, Wash., he first learned the game from his dad and has been fortunate enough to play golf for most of his life.
Victoria Davis
Multimedia Content Creator
Victoria grew up in Sullivan, Indiana. She went to school at Indiana State University and majored in Art and Design with a focus in Photography. Victoria is new to golf, but she excited to use her creativity to help WA Golf grow on social media and to engage with the WA Golf community. In her free time, Victoria likes to hike, paint, garden and take photos and videos of all her adventures.
Advertising Sales & Sponsorship
Jeff Job
Director of Advertising
Sales & Sponsorship
Jeff is a Midwest native, having grown up in Indiana and graduated from Ball State University. He credits his love of golf to his father who picked up the game later in life and was active in the men's club at Windy Hill Country Club in their hometown of Greencastle, Ind. As the sales director, Jeff steers advertising and sponsorship sales with a wide variety of clients. He has over 25 years of business development experience, having worked at America Online, iVillage, Netscape, and most recently The Seattle Times.
Evans Caddie Scholarship Program
Bill Moses
Director, West Region
Evans Scholarship
Bill has been on staff with the Western Golf Association / Evans Scholars Foundation since 2008. In 2012, he relocated from the WGA's headquarters outside of Chicago to the WA Golf/PNGA offices in Federal Way, Wash., before moving to his own office on Bainbridge Island, Wash. Bill manages and oversees all facets of the administration of the Evans Scholarship Program in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and other areas in the West. He works very closely with the golf association staff, Boards, reps, and countless supporters to ensure the scholarship program continues to thrive. Bill was introduced to golf as a caddie at Olympia Fields Country Club in the Chicago area and was fortunate enough to receive the Evans Scholarship himself to Marquette University.
USGA P.J. Boatwright Interns
Clayton Bloemke
Intern
Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school?
I grew up in the town of Grayslake, Illinois, about 45 minutes north of Chicago. I just recently graduated from the University of Missouri’s school of journalism with an emphasis in strategic communication. I love everything that has to do with animals and I am a diehard fan of the St. Louis Cardinals (yes, really. My dad was born and raised in St. Louis). I have two dogs at home named Dutch and Ollie who I adore as well. I am also a fantasy sports geek, participating in fantasy baseball and football year-round with the guys in my family.
What is your favorite thing about the game of golf? How did you become interested in the golf industry?
I think my favorite thing about golf is the internal challenge. Each round is different, having various factors dictating how well you play. I also think it’s fun to be paired up with people who you never knew played the same courses as you, and making connections and small talk with them. I am a huge believer in “If you love what you are doing, you will never have to work a day in your life,” so I found that sports is the one constant in my life, and I am sticking with it to see where it takes me!
Who would be the other three players in your Dream Foursome?
John Daly, Tiger Woods and Bill Murray. Honorable mentions: Rory McIlory and Jordan Spieth.
Brian Kennedy
Intern
Where did you grow up? Where did you go to school?
I grew up in Sammamish, Washington, a small town outside of Seattle, and lived in Los Angeles for a bit as well. I went to the University of Oregon and recently received my bachelor’s degree in sports business. I currently live at home with my mom and dad in Sammamish and have a Bernese mountain dog – her name is Gretl!
What is your favorite thing about the game of golf? How did you become interested in the golf industry?
My favorite thing about the game of golf is how relaxing it can be – it is always my No. 1 hobby I will look to when I have time off from work. I have worked at Aldarra Golf Club for the past three summers, working on the greens crew. I’ve been playing golf since I was young, but my interest in the sport took off in high school, when I made the golf team, playing on it for two years. It helped me learn how to play the game correctly, and I started to love going out and playing every day.
Who would be the other three players in your Dream Foursome?
It would be myself, Steph Curry, Peyton Manning, and the GOAT, Tom Brady.