CELEBRITYGREENS - Key Persons
Alex Cartwright is a Bay Area Native and raised in and around the family business of Landscape Development. Educated in New York, Alex has traveled the world over discovering irrigation methods long forgotten by western cultures. In Australia, he received a degree in Ecology, and it was there that he was educated in Greywater/Rainwater Catchment Systems and learned about Bio-Stimulants and the countless benefits for soil and plant life. From the deserts of the Gobi to the Jungles of Cambodia Alex is well versed in all aspects of irrigation. Alex is a certified Water Conservation Manager, Certified Irrigation Technician and is considered an authority on the subject.
Gary Cartwright has been in the Landscape and Construction industries for over 47 years. His work published in Diablo Magazine, Contra Costa Times, Better Homes and Gardens, and Sunset Magazine, among others. He has been awarded multiple awards in the industry including a Gold Medal at the prestigious San Francisco Flower and Garden Show, and Best Garden through the CLCA awards.
As an avid Golfer, Gary has golfed some of the Nations top courses, He knows first-hand how a top golf green should look, feel and perform. Gary's expert design eye transforms all of our putting greens into works of art, adding to your existing landscape.
Gina Weber is co-founder of Celebrity Greens®. In addition to managing the operations of Celebrity Greens and their growing dealer network, Weber operates Panther Marketing which she founded in 1999. What started out as a traditional marketing firm has become a digital powerhouse, offering clients a comprehensive set of services, including digital and mobile marketing, social media and content creation. Weber has extensive institutional knowledge of the synthetic turf business, having directed global marketing for Southwest Greens, a company founded by Weston Weber and sold in 2008. Today she directs all the branding and marketing efforts for Celebrity Greens and its growing network of international dealers.
Weber is a seasoned marketing executive and entrepreneur. Her career began in product and sports marketing with a Fortune 100 company where she spent more than a decade developing national programs and leading the company's motorsports department. In 1999, she founded Panther Marketing, the first of several successful companies that she has built and directed, including two enterprises with her husband and cofounder of Celebrity Greens, Weston Weber. For more than 25 years, she has established an impressive record of achievements for her companies and her clients. Her knowledge and expertise of strategic marketing and sales has transformed small start-ups into global franchises and successfully positioned others for public offering. She has the unique ability to learn the business quickly, aggressively market it and turn it into a top sales producer. Weber is recognized in the sports marketing arena as a smart negotiator and innovator, leading multi-million dollar sports promotion programs for two global companies, Honeywell and Action Performance Companies, Inc. involving NASCAR, NHRA, MLB, NHL, NBA, USGA, NCAA and more. In addition, she has advised and directed marketing programs and projects for Fortune 100 companies, including Allied-Signal, Coca-Cola, Ford, General Motors, Castrol, Raytheon, Home Depot, Shell Oil, Johnson & Johnson, Texaco-Havoline, and several entertainment companies including Universal Studios, DreamWorks, Warner Brothers, Elvis Presley Enterprises & DC Comics. www.panthermarketing.com
Mark Hyatt has over 19 years industry experience and is considered one of the best synthetic turf installers in the world. After just two years in the business, Mark began working with the largest synthetic golf green company in the world. Hyatt was hand picked and trained by Weston Weber to be the lead installer for several high profile synthetic turf projects both nationally and internationally and his techniques and work ethic became the benchmark for the company's installation system. Today, Mark has installed over 4,000 turf installations representing millions of square footage of synthetic turf applications. His experience and expertise is unparalled and Celebrity Greens is proud to have him on the A team.
Hyatt has worked on multiple projects with golf course architects at Nicklaus Design and PGA Touring Professionals such as Fred Couples and dozens of high profile clients including some of Hollywood's biggest stars, hall of fame athletes, and foreign royalty. His projects have been featured on national landscape television networks and a nationally recognized magazine's list ranking the top backyards in the country.
Job Titles:
- Celebrity Green 's National Trainer
Mark Phillips is Celebrity Green's National Trainer. Mark's primary role is training our Dealers on the Celebrity Greens Installation System. Mark is on the road every single week working with our crews throughout North America. Mark started in the installation side of the synthetic turf business in 2007. In 2010, he began advising contractors about synthetic turf products and installation techniques, in addition to selling over the phone, while he continued installing projects in Florida. His next opportunity in 2015 was working with CK Landscape, who is our CG Dealer in Northern CA, and this is where he began leading and managing installation crews.
Soon after, Mark began working with Matt Rauh, also a CG Dealer in Denver, who is considered one of the best synthetic golf green designers in the business. This is where he honed his skills on golf green design and installation for the next 3 years. Celebrity Greens took notice. Mark's extensive experience positioned him to be the lead trainer for CG. He has held this position since 2018. Mark is a valuable member of CG Team, fluent in Spanish, and the first one our dealers call for any question regarding the CG system. Today Mark is a 4 handicap and he has a passion for golf and golf green design which he brings to the job site every day.
Mark has been on many high profile projects with CG owner, Weston Weber, including the installation of golf greens for Mark O'Meara, Bret Baier, Matt Killen, Ray Allen, George Brett, Herm Edwards and Stetson University.
Mathew Rauh is a master of high-end artificial grass and putting green design and is based in the Denver, Front Range, and Colorado marketplace. Matt's background includes over 25 years in golf course design and construction including:
Education in landscape design, golf course design, and landscape architecture, with a design degree from Bemidji State University and Masters work in Landscape Architecture at CU Denver.
Construction Superintendent during the design and implementation phases of both Chaparral Pines (Gary Panks and David Graham) and The Rim Club (Tom Wieskoph).
Design and construction of Echo Basin Golf Club, working in conjunction with the Palmer Design organization.
Extensive design and installation of commercial and residential applications with artificial grass including highlights of:
Matt Cartwright has been interested in our Family Business since he was only 12 years old. While attending school, he spent every summer cultivating his many creative talents in the landscape industry. Matt is our resident expert in artificial grass and golf greens, as well as horticulture, and hardscape. He is exceptional at designing beautiful projects fully integrated with your existing landscape, to maximize the space. Along with his incredible landscaping creativity and his unique problem-solving skills, Matt is a tremendous asset to any landscape project.
Terry Westbrook, a veteran golfer and founder of Green Links, the Houston metro area's largest synthetic turf company, leads the Celebrity Greens Houston team. Terry's knowledge and love of golf spans a lifetime of competitive play as an amateur and as a successful business owner in the synthetic turf industry. A graduate the University of Texas with a degree mechanical engineering, Terry began his career in project and account management in process and advanced control systems. In 2002, he returned to golf, founding Green Links, which has designed and built more than 800 golf greens in the Houston area and expanded into a wide variety of synthetic turf applications. His CG Houston team has more than 75 years of experience in the industry.
Weston Weber is the master of the synthetic golf green. In the 1990s, Weber pioneered the golf green industry perfecting the use of synthetic turf, building a reputation for exceptional attention to the aesthetics, scale and complexity of the design, the quality of the materials and the installation technology. Today, he is considered the industry's leading expert with an impressive history of designing and building championship-level short courses and putting greens for more than 70 PGA Tour professionals and exclusive golf greens for private residences and commercial use.
Prior to founding Celebrity Greens®, Weber was founder and president of a company that dominated the domestic synthetic turf market and golf green industry. When he sold his company in 2008, it was the largest synthetic golf green company in the world with 93 franchises in 17 countries on 4 continents. Weber has personally sold, designed and installed more than 3,000 custom putting greens, lawns and artificial turf projects, and more than 75 business executives, celebrities, and PGA pros have endorsed him personally, his company and his work.
After a 6 year hiatus, he has returned to the golf green business. His love of designing and installing the very best golf greens in the world led him to found Celebrity Greens® with the express purpose of working with a selective clientele. He has teamed with seasoned experts in championship golf course design and construction, business executives and celebrities to launch CG.
When you call Celebrity Greens®, you will be working personally with Weston Weber, the best in the game. "Our greens are "golf tested" and designed for the way our clientele play the game and live their lives. Our goal is to help our clients realize their dream greens."
Weston Weber has personally designed signature greens for: