Wisp Resort Development and OB Sports golf management recently announced the appointment of Karen Forsythe as the director of membership sales for Lodestone Golf Club and The Clubs at Wisp. In this new role, Forsythe will be responsible for the sales and promotion of membership opportunities at the new Lodestone Golf Club.
Forsythe, who will work under the direction of Wisp Resort Development and the club's management company, OB Sports, will be charged with communicating membership opportunities that include Lodestone’s Full Golf Membership, Sports Memberships, Mountain Lifestyle Membership and future Alpine Club and Lakeside Club membership offerings.
“We are excited to add Karen to the Team at Lodestone Golf Club and The Clubs at Wisp,” said Steve Richards, president of Wisp Resort Development. “We are confident that her skill set, familiarity of the market and connections regionally will aid or effort to communicate the variety of membership offerings we are presenting for these premier clubs.”
The appointment is a homecoming for Forsythe, who served as a sales manager at the on-property Wisp Resort from 1997 to 2001. Her sales and marketing background includes positions as the public relations and marketing director for Health First Medical Center (2006-2008) and as the sales and servicing relationship manager for Heartland Payment Systems (2005 – 2006). Prior to her role at Heartland Payment Systems she garnered golf-related experience as the sales and marketing manager for the 84 Lumber Classic (a PGA Tour event) in 2004. Karen holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration Management from Westminster College.