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Board Member - Martin Kaufman, CSFM
Board Member Representing Schools - K-12
Martin Kaufman, CSFM
Ensworth Schools (TN)
Martin Kaufman, CSFM grew up on a farm in Ohio excelling in Agriculture Education and FFA through High School. He has an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Turf Management from The Ohio State University / Agricultural Technical Institute. Marty has served on the TVSTMA board as well as a TVSTMA regional coordinator. He has hosted multiple chapter meetings as well as created agendas and recruited speakers and demonstrators. Marty attends the STMA National Conference annually and personally invites others to become CSFM’s. His experience ranges from Golf Courses in Ohio, Michigan, Florida and Australia to Irrigation installation, Minor League Baseball in the Carolinas, two NFL football teams a University and now a K-12 School. Marty is in his fifth year managing the athletic fields and grounds for Ensworth School’s two campuses in Nashville, Tennessee. The Red Gables campus serves Pre-first through 8th grade with 4 acres of athletic space and 15 acres of campus space. The Devon Farm Campus hosts grades 9-12 and is comprised of 127 acres in total with 18 acres of athletic space.
Ensworth began classes on the Red Gables campus in 1958 and then on the Devon Farm Campus in 2004. They graduated their first Senior class this past June 2008. Ensworth is an independent coeducational school that provides challenging academics and small classes. This year Ensworth has over 1,000 students and 192 faculty and staff. Ensworth is a community school that encourages user groups from inside and outside the school programs to utilize the facilities and resources they have to offer. The athletics offered include but are not limited to football, volleyball, cross country, ice hockey, swimming, bowling, golf, soccer, baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, track & field, and many other forms of competition.
Vision:
My vision for STMA is to continue to grow as an organization, but to offer leadership in growth to its members personally. Agronomics is the cover page of what we really do and who we really are. As STMA continues to improve educational offerings at the national and now regional levels, it continues to grow beyond agriculture and into professional administration. We are all responsible for many different activities, events, facilities, equipment, dollars and people. Balancing all of those with our own personal lives can be challenging. I look forward to growing with STMA and contributing with the social, leadership, and experience skills that I have to offer. I want to see the local level competitively flush with professionalism and results. All categories deserve safe, playable and beautiful athletic fields that are professionally supported with adequate resources – which includes traffic management.