// DBC Consulting
DBC Consulting offers education program solutions with expertise in:
golf education player development programing
strategic planning for Growth of the Game Fore All initiatives
professional athlete career development
adjunct academic assignments in sport education, sport management and curriculum and instruction at the undergraduate and graduate levels
DBC Consulting offers program development services and outreach to professionals seeking assistance and strategic and practical education program analysis and solutions for:
golf club/facility/course management companies - golf education programs and training
golf organizations/industry allied associations
golf industry strategic growth of the game programs and initiatives
professional development and sport management academic programs
law firms with legal cases involving golf education (teaching and coaching)
// Dr. Betsy Clark
Formerly the vice president of professional development for the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), Dr. Clark has worked in the golf industry for more than 30 years as a teaching professional, director of instruction for a golf facility management company, coach and education consultant. During this time she created and conducted numerous player development clinics and teacher/coach workshops throughout the country. She currently serves as president of the National Alliance for Accessible Golf (NAAG), as an Education Consultant for the Tour Resource Center, as a member of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Diversity Task Group and the Professional Association for Athlete Development Specialists (PAADS) steering committee and adjunct professor at Stetson University in Sport Management beginning in January, 2010.
Prior to joining the LPGA full-time in 1994, Dr. Clark taught at the college and university level for 17 years as a teacher educator/coach. As an education consultant for the National Golf Foundation she spearheaded the 1993-1994 NGF Welcome to Golf project and was co-author of the 1994 NGF Welcome to Golf publications. Dr. Clark was also on the LPGA planning committee for the industry-wide Women in Golf summits (1991, 1993, and 1995) and the LPGA’s 50th anniversary event in 2000 held at the World Golf Village.
An LPGA Class A certified teaching professional since 1984, Dr. Clark was voted LPGA National Teacher of the Year in 1991 and, in 2001, was honored with the inaugural Office Depot Visionary Award for Women in Sports. In 2005, Dr. Clark directed the first-ever LPGA Professional Athlete Forum: Phenoms to Professionals. She earned her doctorate from the University of New Mexico (Albuquerque), focusing her studies and research on teacher education, curriculum and instruction and educational psychology.
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// Contact Us
Betsy Clark
President/dbc consulting
4681 South Atlantic Avenue
Port Orange, FL 32127
Phone: 386-405-7132
Email: bclark.dbcc_gmail.com
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