First Tee Coastal Carolinas Welcomes New Board Officers

First Tee Coastal Carolinas (FTCC), one of 150 First Tee chapters nationwide providing life skills and leadership training for young people through the game of golf, has made changes to its executive and board leadership.

Community members Charlie Hoover, Rebecca Albins, and Chuck Lusk have been elected as FTCC’s 2023 Board of Directors as chair, vice-chair and treasurer respectively, with a secretary to be elected at a later date.

Let's meet the new Board Chair - Charlie Hoover:

Charlie Hoover, a retired insurance executive, lives in Beaufort NC. He served on the board of the First Tee of the Triangle for eight years prior to joining the Board of Coastal Carolinas two years ago.  He has been involved with junior golf for 35 years, serving on the North Carolina committee of the Big I Junior Classic with two terms as chairman, and as part of the national host committee four times, serving as co-chair in 2008. In the past, he served on local Parks and Recreation boards in Wake Forest and Mooresville, has coached youth league soccer, baseball, and basketball and is a former NCYSA licensed soccer referee

Active in his church and community, he is past chair of Coastal Plains SCORE Chapter, a mentor to small businesses through Carteret Community College, and a regular volunteer with Meals on Wheels and Hope Mission. He and his wife Drew have two grown sons and two wonderful grandchildren.

“First Tee Coastal Carolinas serves a large territory that touches the lives of more than 33,000 children every year and we are grateful for board leadership that has passion for our mission and positively impacting the community,” said Tom Lawrence, Director of Chapter Relations for First Tee headquarters in St. Augustine, Fla.