USTA - Key Persons
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- Director of Community Tennis Digital Products
Alanna Broderick has previously worked as the USTA National Manager of Junior Play. She is currently the USTA Director of Digital Products for Community Tennis. In this Q&A, she chats about her career path and her prior role at the USTA.
A former professional tennis player on the ITF Tour, Alanna Broderick has since transitioned into an off-court tennis job role while still staying involved with the game she started playing at age 11. Her off-court work included a stint as USTA national manager of junior play before her current position as USTA Director of Digital Products for Community Tennis.
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- Director, International Development
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- Director, Quality Assurance
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- Chief Operating Officer
- General Counsel
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- Director, Creative Services
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- Director of Junior Tennis at Cheval Athletic Club
Anne Smudz has previously worked as the Director of Junior Tennis at Cheval Athletic Club in Tampa. She is currently a Marketing Associate at USTA Florida.
A PTM graduate, was a director of junior tennis at a club in Tampa before transitioning to her current role as a marketing associate with USTA Florida. In this Q&A, she discusses her career path and her previous tennis management role in Tampa.
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- Head of Product & User Experience
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- First Vice President
- Member of the Officers Team
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- Director, Digital Business Development
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- Senior Director, Technology & Operations
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- Director, Training Center Operations, Player & Coach Services
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- Director, Experiential Learning
Being a tennis professional extraordinaire is not just about being a good player. As a USPTA Elite Professional, the highest level of certification for a professional to teach tennis, Christin Thurston shows that helping people is the essence of being a tennis coach.
Christin Thurston has previously worked as an Elite Professional at Life Time Fitness. In this Q&A, she discusses her career path and her role at the club.
Being a tennis professional extraordinaire is not just about being a good player. As a USPTA Elite Professional, the highest level of certification for a professional to teach tennis, Christin shows that helping people is the essence of being a tennis coach.
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- Director, Competitive Pathway
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- Coach
- Coaching Education Manager
- Director, Performance Analytics & HP Coaching Education
- Manager for Coaching Education and Performance With USTA Player Development
David Ramos has previously worked as the Manager for Coaching Education and Performance with USTA Player Development. Read More
David Ramos has previously worked as the Manager of Coaching Education and Performance with USTA Player Development. In this Q&A, he discusses his career path and his role at the USTA.
David Ramos started off as a part-time tennis coach while seeking a career in illustration. But a PTM degree from Ferris State University was the key to what has become a very successful tennis career that combines his love of photography and video with the sport.
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- Managing Director, Corporate Partnerships
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- Chairman of the Board
- President
- Member of the WTA Tour Player Development Advisory Panel
Dr. Brian Hainline of the USTA Midwest Section is serving as USTA Chairman of the Board and President for the 2023-24 term. This is his fifth term on the USTA Board of Directors, where he most recently served as the First Vice President during the 2021-2022 term. Hainline previously served on the USTA Board of Directors as Director at Large in 2007-08, where he was Board Liaison to the Community Tennis Council. He returned to serve as Director at Large in 2017-18, where he was Board Liaison to the Player Development Council; as Vice President in 2019-20, where he was Vice Chair of the Budget Committee and Board Liaison to the Sectional Associations, and as First Vice President in 2021-22.
Hainline played No. 1 singles and doubles in his senior year at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa (philosophy) before going on to earn his M.D. at the University of Chicago and his neurology specialty at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. Hainline was a founding member of the USTA Sport Science Committee and has been a member of the International Tennis Federation Sport Science and Medicine Commission since 1993, serving as chair since 2003.
He was the Chief Medical Officer of the US Open Tennis Championships for 16 years and held the same title for the USTA for four years. Currently, Hainline is the NCAA Senior Vice President, Sport Science Institute and Chief Medical Officer. He is the first person to hold this title in the history of the NCAA. Hainline is an accomplished author, having authored/edited nine books (including Positioning Youth Tennis for Success) as well as numerous chapters and peer-reviewed articles. He is actively involved as a volunteer in sports medicine organizations, having served as co-chair of the 2016 International Olympic Committee Consensus Meeting on Pain Management in Elite Athletes, and was also co-chair of the IOC Consensus Meeting on Mental Health in Elite Athletes. Hainline also is a member of the Expert Panel on the 2022 6th International Consensus Meeting on Concussion in Sport, and served as chair of the first-ever international sport-specific mental health summit (Mental Health in Tennis Summit) in 2022.
Hainline is a member of the WTA Tour Player Development Advisory Panel, is a fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Academy of Neurology, and is a clinical professor of neurology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine and an adjunct clinical professor of neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Brian Hainline is serving as USTA Chairman of the Board and President for the 2022-23 term. Read More
Dwight Filley Davis began playing tennis at the age of 15 in 1894. In 1900, the year he graduated from college, Mr. Davis purchased a 217-troy ounce silver bowl as a prize for an international lawn tennis competition. This was the birth of the Davis Cup. Mr. Davis became president of the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association in 1923. This scholarship was created by the late Dwight F. Davis, III, grandson of Dwight Filley Davis, and is now generously supported by the Davis family. It is their wish that the recipients maintain contact with them.
The Dwight F. Davis Memorial Scholarship is available to high school seniors who have performed with distinction and actively participated in extracurricular activities, community service and an organized tennis program.
This scholarship was named in memory of Dwight A. Mosley, the first African American elected to the USTA Board of Directors. The Dwight Mosley Scholarship is available to high school seniors of ethnically diverse heritage who have excelled academically and participated extensively in an organized community tennis program. Applicants must demonstrate sportsmanship on and off the court.
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- Author
- Performance Consultant
Ed Tseng is an author, speaker, and performance consultant. In this Q&A, he discusses his career path and his role in the game.
Realizing that tennis was a path to enriching other peoples' lives, Ed Tseng built on his experience as a coach to develop a consulting business. He started his academic career by pursuing a university degree in computer science. However, Ed's passion for tennis and for helping others led him down a different career path. As a performance consultant, he helps sports professionals, business leaders, and performers achieve their full potential.
Realizing that tennis was a path to enriching other peoples' lives, Ed Tseng built on his experience as a tennis coach to develop a consulting business. As a performance consultant, he helps sports professionals, business leaders, and performers reach their full potential.
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- Senior Director, Retention & Brand
Emma Navarro has risen more than 100 places in the WTA rankings over the last 12 months, which included a victory over world No. 2 and reigning Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka on her way to the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open this week.
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- Director, Industry Partners
Ian Westermann is the Founder and Head Pro at Essential Tennis LLC. In this Q&A, he discusses his career path and his role in the company.
Ian Westermann created one of the first online learning sites to specialize in tennis. He is the founder of Essential Tennis, a website that hosts courses, videos, and podcasts. These resources help tennis players of all ages excel at their game. Before founding the site, Ian worked as a tennis coach at one of the best private clubs in the United States. He attended Ferris State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Professional Tennis Management and Business Marketing.
Ian Westermann created one of the first online learning sites to specialize in tennis. He is the founder of Essential Tennis, a website that hosts courses, videos, and podcasts geared to help others improve their tennis game.
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Secretary - Treasurer
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- Senior Director, Professional Pathway & US Open Tournament Referee
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- Director, Media Operations & Special Events
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- Director, National Events Engagement & Experience
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- Director, Digital Backend Software Engineering
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- Corporate Controller
- Managing Director
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- Director, Digital Project Management
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Vice President
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- Senior Director, Major Gifts and Strategic Initiatives
Kirsten Corio - Chief Commercial Officer
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- Member of the Officers Team
- Vice President
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- Senior Director, Strategic & Business Operations
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- Managing Director, Head of Communications and Content
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- Senior Director, Digital Application Development
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- Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
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- Senior Director, Merchandising
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- Director, Digital & Business Strategy
Newlyn Wing has previously worked as the Coordinator for Tennis on Campus, High School Tennis and Tennis Service Representatives at the USTA. He is now the Manager for Tennis on Campus. In this Q&A, he discusses his career path and his role in the game.
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- Director, IT Services, Executive Office / Administration
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- Assistant
- Senior Executive
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- Immediate past President of the United States Tennis Association
Through the USTA Foundation, the below list of scholarships may be available for current or prospective PTM students. Application deadlines may vary.
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- Senior Counsel and Managing Director, Tennis Integrity
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- Senior Director, Programs
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- Member of the USTA Foundation Board
This scholarship is named in honor of Rosalind Palmer Walter, who has been an active member of the USTA Foundation Board since its inception and was responsible for funding the first USTA Foundation scholarship in 1994, well before a comprehensive program was put in place. She has consistently supported the scholarship program ever since.
Mrs. Walter's commitment to tennis and education doesn't stop with USTA Foundation. She's on the Board of the International Tennis Hall of Fame and Long Island University, as well as a Trustee of WNET Channel Thirteen and The Paley Center for Media. During World War II, Mrs. Walter was a riveter, where she worked the night shift on a Corsair, building the F4U marine gull-winged fighter airplane and is the inspiration for the 1942 song "Rosie the Riveter." She took tremendous pride knowing that the hard work, dedication and precision she put into her job helped save lives.
The Rosalind P. Walter Scholarship is available to two high-academic achieving students of good character who are entering a four-year college or university program and share her belief in always putting forth one's best effort and giving back to one's community to make it a better place.
A $10,000 scholarship will be awarded over a term of four years to one male and one female student who are entering a four-year college or university program.
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- Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
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- Chief Executive, Professional Tennis & US Open Tournament Director
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- Director, Business Intelligence & Analytics
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- Senior Associate Counsel, National Campus