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Tony is a Quarter Century member of the PGA of America, initially elected in 1996. He began his golf career on the instruction side of the business, learning from and teaching with Hank Haney in McKinney Texas at the Haney Golf Ranch. He has spent the last 16 years as General Manager at Heritage Ranch Golf & Country Club in Fairview Texas where he also managed the HOA of 1144 homes.

He has been married to his amazing wife Christi for 7 years and has 3 daughters Mackenzie (28), Isabella (25) Emerson (18), a bonus daughter Addison (17) and bonus niece Zoey (14). Luckily one of his strong business attributes is long range planning, which will get him prepared for future weddings!

Tony can be reached at [email protected]

Melissa Rodgers has led Raintree’s financial operations since 2010, providing oversight and accuracy to support sound decision-making. In 2025, she took on the additional role of Operations Director, expanding her involvement across day-to-day club functions. She thrives on opportunities to connect the pieces across departments—making them fit a little better and helping the club run as a cohesive whole. Through her engagement with HFTP, she brings practical insights and continuous learning back to her work at Raintree. She lives in rural Union County with her husband, Jason, and sons, Ben and Jaxon. When she’s not at work, she enjoys time at home and on adventures with her family—gardening with the “help” of her poodles, reading, playing games, exploring nature, and “counting credits” with her coaster-enthusiast son.

Danielle has been in the hospitality and tourism industry since the day she was born. Her parents owned a motel and restaurant in Watertown, New York, which led her to becoming a certified travel agent and renting homes in Italy and luxury vehicles in Switzerland. The sense of adventure had taken hold, and in 1999, she became a flight attendant, living in Boston, and several other cities on the East Coast. When it came time to stay home a bit more, she returned to college, earning a degree in Hospitality Management, and she has been in the Country Club business ever since. She finds herself to be lucky to have remained in an industry that she loves, where work doesn't seem like work.

In her free time, she enjoys football season, traveling, playing piano, cooking, playing tour guide to traveling friends, and spending time with friends, family, and her two dogs. [email protected]

Kevin has been in the Food & Beverage Industry for over 25 years. In that time he has held the positions of Food & Beverage Director or Executive Chef in large and small hotels, restaurants and upscale retirement communities. Kevin has spent the last 10 years consulting and trouble shooting for hotels and restaurants throughout the United States and Caribbean. Locales include New York City, San Franciso, Napa Valley, D.C., Boston, throughout the South East along withresorts in St. Thomas, Saint Croix and Puerto Rico.

Kevin and his amazing wife Lisa will be celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary this coming March. Kevin and Lisa have two daughters Ava (21) who is a senior at Western Carolina University and Alexandra (20) who is a sophomore at N.C. State.

Chef moved to Charlotte from San Antonio, Texas in 2021, recently serving as Chef de Cuisine at Church and Union Restaurant. He possess over a decade of experience in culinary operations, working as an Executive Chef, General Manager and Sous Chef at several scratch kitchens over that time.

Chef Gerson has a culinary arts degree from St. Phillips College in San Antonio and is passionate about providing guests the very best food and beverage experience. His culinary innovation and use of fresh ingredients has been described as ‘Modern American meets Texas flair.’

In his free time, Chef enjoys spending time with family, taking road trips and experiencing different restaurants and breweries. He is a foodie at heart and loves bringing fresh ideas to his dishes. [email protected]

Luis DeJesus became Raintree's Director of Golf in 2024, bringing nearly a decade of private country club experience to the golf professional staff. Luis is a native of New Haven Connecticut, and arrived at Raintree after serving from 2014-2016 as the 1st Assistant Golf Professional at Providence Country Club in Charlotte, NC. He was also the 1st Assistant Golf Professional at The Course at Yale in New Haven, CT from 2012-2014.

Luis is a proud graduate of Arizona State University's Professional Golf Management program and has been a Class-A PGA Member since 2011.
He and his wife, Kerby, live in Charlotte, NC, and have two children, Kaylee and Layla. [email protected]

Director of Instruction Steve Bogdanoff joined the Raintree Country Club team in the summer of 2020 and brings a great deal of passion and commitment to golf instruction.

Born and raised in Fairfax, Virginia – Steve grew up playing golf at the Country Club of Fairfax with his dad and younger brother beginning at the age of 8. As a junior golfer, Steve won junior club championships and competed in many interclub and junior events. Golf was not his only passion in sports, he was a three-year varsity athlete in baseball and football for W.T. Woodson High School. After attending the University of South Carolina for two years, Steve transferred to Coastal Carolina University to follow his dream of becoming a PGA Professional where he received a B.S. in Business Administration and Professional Golf Management.

Since becoming a member of the PGA in 2009, Steve has worked in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina at both private and public golf clubs. Most notably, he worked alongside Andrew Rice (Golf Digest Top 100 Instructor) at Berkeley Hall Club in Bluffton, South Carolina from 2010 to 2012. It was during this time where his passion for growing the game of golf through teaching had become clear. Steve and his wife Jessica moved to Charlotte just after they married in 2015 where Steve was employed at the Dana Rader Golf School as a teaching professional. After working alongside Dana Rader (LPGA Hall of Fame, Golf Digest Top 100 Instructor) and Julie Cole (LPGA Top 50 Instructor) for three years, Steve was promoted to Director of Junior Golf and shortly after, again promoted to the Director of Instruction.

Through his now 10 + years of teaching experience, Steve has always strived to be a continuous learner. He has certifications with Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) - Level 1 and Level 2 Golf and Power, BodiTrak Sports, U.S. Kids Golf, Operation 36 - Level 3, Positive Coaching Alliance, True Temper and Ping Club fitting. He has been recognized for his passion and ability by being nominated as a Golf Digest Top Teacher Under 40 for 2020-21 and 2022-23.

Steve’s background as a three-sport athlete, his experience working for top LPGA instructors, his passion for junior golf, and his ability to identify and work with individual’s physical limitations, makes him a perfect fit to work with golfers of all types and abilities.

Marc Kantor is the Director of Athletics at Raintree Country Club in Charlotte, NC, and a 1989 graduate of Marshfield High School. He received his BA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and started his career in the tennis industry upon graduation. In his freshman year at UNC Charlotte, Marc set the record for the most singles and doubles victories in a year. In that same year, he was named to the Sun Belt All-Conference team for both singles and doubles. He finished his college career as the third all-time winningest player in school history. Marc was named "Most Valuable Player" in his senior season.

He was named the Director of Tennis at Raintree Country Club in 1996 and has been there ever since. During that time, he has been a North Carolina State Champion, a member of the NC State Team, and a Wilson staff member.

He and his wife, Jeanette, live in Charlotte. They have two beautiful girls who compete in USGA gymnastics meets in the Charlotte region. [email protected]

Brian has been with the Raintree Staff for more than 20 years after growing up as a Member of the Club. While attending UNCC and completing a degree in Business, Brian was becoming a PGA Member and serving the Members at Raintree. His role over the years has changed as he now serves in his current role but maintains a passion for the game of golf and helping others learn.

Brian has played competitively nearly his whole life and continues to do so today, giving him great insight into player development at every level.

Brian and his family live in Fort Mill where he is heavily involved in serving at his Church and completed his Master of Divinity degree from Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary in May of 2023.  [email protected]