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Board Member - Jody Gill
Director-at-Large
Jody Gill, CSFM
Blue Valley School District, Overland Park, KS
Jody Gill, CSFM has been building and maintaining sports fields for over 25 years. For the last 13 years, he has been the Grounds Coordinator for the Blue Valley School District in Overland Park, Kansas. He was a co-founder of the Mo-Kan Chapter of the STMA and is the current President. He is an Advisory Board member for the Longview Community College Turf Management Program and has served as a Board member for the Missouri Valley Turfgrass Association. His crew earned the STMA High School Football Field of the Year award in 2004.
He has also written numerous articles and presented at regional and national conferences. Jody has served as the STMA Board Director representing the Schools K-12 membership segment since 2007 and is currently an At-Large Director on the Board. He has served as the STMA Awards Committee Chairman, Website and Technologies Committee Chairman, Information Outreach Committee Board Liaison and Editorial Committee Board Liaison. In addition to STMA Board service, Jody serves on the SAFE Board of Trustees (The Foundation for Safer Athletic Field Environments), the charitable arm of STMA.
Vision for STMA:
I am truly fortunate to have the opportunity to be in a leadership role in the STMA at the local and national levels. The STMA is truly an awesome organization. Just think about the impact that the members of this organization have had on sports all over the world. Our skills, abilities and efforts help teams and individuals win State, National and World Championships. I am very honored to be nominated for Secretary/Treasurer of the STMA.
As Sports Turf Managers and as an organization, challenges and opportunities lie ahead. To overcome these challenges and capitalize on the opportunities as an organization, the STMA must continue to be strong, vibrant, efficiently managed and financially rock solid. We must continue to develop new alliances and leverage partnerships to increase our influence and relevance in the green industry. We must be proactive and take a leadership role in dealing with environmental issues. We must develop an environmental charter and incorporate it into our strategic plan. We must develop an alliance with the USGBC and use our vast network of Professors and Researchers to guide the development of new Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) initiatives relating to sports fields. Our involvement can help ensure that LEED initiatives do not compromise field safety for our athletes and our children, but still accomplish desired environmental goals. We must show the world that what we do enhances our environment and our quality of life.
As individual Sports Turf Managers, we must work to enhance the future of our industry by being good stewards of the environment. We must encourage all members to achieve CSFM status for the good of the industry. Every new CSFM provides a little more name recognition and enhances our professionalism and value to our employers and clients. Finally, we must be active in our Association. Whether at the local or National level, on a Committee or on the Board, the STMA can’t function without you. Working together we can make our industry better.