The Pool & Hot Tub Alliance is pleased to announce that its first cohort of the PHTA Leadership Certificate Program Powered by Cornell University has graduated. Ten industry professionals earned the executive leader certificate and fourteen earned the emerging leader certificate.
This certification is the culmination of a three-month program, led by Cornell University professors, that teaches skills a successful leader needs to communicate strategy, negotiate skillfully, influence team behaviors and deliver results.
Executive leader graduates:
- Amanda Annis, Ohio Pools & Spas
- Dan Bakotic, Mid America Sales
- Don Bontrager, Bontrager Pools, Inc.
- Jen Boyce, Atlantic Solutions
- Jeannie Daugherty, Ohio Pools & Spas
- TJ Ewuell, NSPFI, CPO, AST
- Robert Fickes, Ohio Pools & Spas
- Peter Friis, Gib-San Pools Ltd.
- Ed Gibbs, Gib-San Pools Ltd.
- Sabeena Hickman, Pool & Hot Tub Alliance
Emerging leader graduates:
- Gavin Chaze, Raypak
- John Cooper, Outdoor Spaces 360
- Brandon Diaz, Berry Pool
- Caley Gibbs, Gib-San Pools Ltd.
- Connor Gibbs, Gib-San Pools Ltd.
- Christine Harrell, Aquienta Pools and Landscaping
- Alan Makepeace, Ohio Pools & Spas
- Lance Irby, Premier Pools & Spas – Sacramento
- Jeanne Mendelson, Pool & Hot Tub Alliance
- Zack Oberster, Ohio Pools & Spas
- Amanda Riebel, Venture Custom Pools
- Matthew Ryther, Acqua Pura Pool Services
- Brandon Snyder, Premier Pools & Spas – Sacramento
- Erik Vukovich, Premier Pools
Registration is now open for the second cohort of the PHTA Leadership Certificate Program Powered by Cornell University. To learn more phta.org/cornell.
