The Directors |
 Lynne Roe, Board Secretary Lynne is a new member of WGANJ having joined in 2023. While she has played golf off and on for the past 40 years, she feels that her golf has greatly improved this past year due to the many WGANJ events that have kept her playing all year long. Lynne is the owner of LSR Consultants. As a business coach, she works with business owners to scale their businesses while still having time for other things in their life - like golf! She is looking forward to another year of fun and getting to know many more members. |
Linda Davidson WGANJ Store Director Linda is a Registered Nurse and currently works for Atlantic Health Systems. Linda has twin daughters that she enjoys hiking and being outdoors with. Linda joined WGANJ in 2013 and played in the Thursday night league in Paramus. For the last several years Linda had been a member of the weekend travel league. Through WGANJ Linda has met new friends to play golf with and enjoyed many of the Spring and Fall WGANJ trips. |
Rose Barnabic,
Rose Barnabic was introduced to golf by her mom but put it aside until her youngest left for college. Recently retired from a career in financial services, she now operates a small business that creates custom golf accessories for women and Pro Shops. Within WGANJ, she is responsible for building and maintaining the spreadsheets used in tracking the leagues. WGANJ has enabled her to meet many women golfers. |
 Dani Richards Director of Social Media Dani Richards is a captain of an intermediate league and former Board Secretary, and values the friends she has made since joining WGANJ in 2016. In her new role as Social Media Director, she will work with marketing and communications to build WGANJ engagement on social media. She is the owner of Danielle Richards Photography, LLC, specializing in event and portrait photography, and is a licensed drone pilot. She is also the founder of Bestie Booth, which provides photo booths for corporate and private events. |
Christa Breen Director of Handicaps & Captains / Info Line Christa Breen works full time as a healthcare consultant and has been an active member of WGANJ since 2014. WGANJ has given her the opportunity to meet great new friends and be able to share memorable experiences with people who have the same interests. She loves playing in her weekly league and has been a Board Member for several years, holding multiple titles including Director of Captains and now also manages the Communication Hotline for our members. She enjoys being part of a group who cares about the future of women's golf and wants to offer opportunities for others to explore as well. |  Jane Litwinka, Jane is currently enjoying retirement. Previously she worked for Honeywell for over 38 years most recently in the position of Information Technology Project Manager. She moved from Bergen County to West Milford, NJ in 2004 to live on a small lake. Jane has been a member of WGANJ since its inception and has served on the board since 2007. She is Co-Captain of the WGANJ Monday league at Bowling Green. WGANJ is a great place to meet new friends and have fun! |
 Jeanne Vanrell, Volunteer Director Married to Jason Vanrell since 2006, moved to Teaneck, NJ in Summer of 2017 and joined WGANJ in 2018. She works full time for Verizon and has been playing golf since her early twenties. She took a 15-year hiatus until moving to Teaneck. She began volunteering with WGANJ in 2019 and is now Director for Volunteers in 2024. |
Patty Halpin Finance Director Patty Halpin joined WGANJ in 2022 to take lessons, improve her golf game, and to meet women with similar interests. Previously she had mostly played golf with her sons. She joined the advanced/beginner league at Spook Rock and volunteered as a captain. It was a great season and she enjoyed making new friends. In 2023, Patty was recruited to use her experience in Finance and Business Development to serve as Co-Finance Director. She looks forward to another year of fun on the golf course and continued success for WGANJ. |  Joanna Castellano, Joanna joined WGANJ in 2020 to meet other women golfers and have the opportunity to explore new courses. Despite the late start of the season, both of these goals were reached with several new golf friends and new courses played. Knowing what it takes people to have an organization run smoothly, Joanna is volunteering to help with the website. Having spent 40 years as an Electrical Engineer in the telecommunications field she now keeps busy with yoga, pottery, gardening, skiing, recently knitting, and of course, golf. |
Belle Degenaars Director of Leagues Belle has been playing golf for four years, and enjoys playing with the women she’s met in WGANJ, as well as with her husband and friends. She likes to play in Northern New Jersey and at the Jersey Shore over the summer. Belle is a Registered Nurse, although she is semi-retired. She is most passionate about oil painting. Her latest project is painting the goings on in the New York City neighborhood where her two children live and a painting of the National Book Festival. |
Cindy Parnes Director of Events Cindy always enjoyed both watching and participating in sports. In 2015 she was looking for a way to incorporate other sports into her life and expand her social circle. After a few golf lessons and meeting members of WGANJ she realized this was for her. She began to volunteer at individual events and in 2023 Cindy became more involved with planning /organizing side of events. This year she looks forward to growing her role and responsibilities as a director combining all the things she enjoys, golf, good friendships and entertaining. Cindy has been a practicing gynecologist in Bergen County for over 30 years and is owner/director of a Woman's Wellness Center in Montvale. When not working or playing golf she also enjoy Pickleball, Barre and spending time with her family. |
Denise Colaitis, Club Loaner/Other Denise Colaitis was introduced to golf by her two sons, who took her to the driving range one day for fun! She enjoyed it so much, she joined WGANJ in 2018 to learn the sport and meet other women who share the same interest. Responding to a request Denise became involved in the club loaner program for new golfers. She works in the financial end of the fashion industry for over 35 years. Being involved in WGANJ has offered the opportunity to meet other golfers, make new friends and be involved in an sport she loves, she even convinced some friends to take up golf and now they are members as well! |
Peggy O'Flynn Education Director Peggy O’Flynn joined WGANJ in 2022 as a beginner golfer. She immediately was drawn to learning more about the organization and started attending board meetings and became captain of her Advanced Beginner league in 2023. She became a board member for the Education department in 2024 and is the captain of her Transitional league. When Peggy is not on the golf course she can often be found immersed in a library book or tending to her mini garden on her balcony. Peggy also enjoys spending time with her family and relaxing by the ocean at the Jersey shore.
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Liz Heller Director of Education Liz joined WGANJ in 2009 after reading an ad in her local newspaper. She had just lost her mother and she always loved to golf so despite never picking up a golf club before Liz joined in honor of her mother. "I will never forget my first time on a course, at the first tee in Paramus, I saw the flag and thought to myself I have to hit the ball where? Since then I have attended many great outings, clinics and social gatherings and acted as Captain. I am still working on improving on my game and enjoying every minute of it. I have met some amazing women who work very hard to run this great organization and am now proud to be part of." Liz is employed in the field of workers compensation insurance as a senior claims specialist and look forward to retirement and more golf time. | Susan Amdur-Coburn Communications Director Sue has been a member of WGANJ since 2016 when she decided to look for more opportunities to play golf. She started out by joining one of the golf leagues, which turned out to be a great experience. Sue decided to volunteer with the WGANJ Board in order to give back to the organization and serves in the role as Communications Director. Sue owns her own business providing operations and administrative support to small businesses. Aside from golf, Sue enjoys gardening and playing pickleball. | Bridget Cassidy Director of Events Bridget joined WGANJ in 2022 as a beginner golfer. She wanted to learn the game and try to meet people with similar golfing skills. The beginner group was very welcoming and as she was learning, her group also shared many laughs. While helping with some events as a volunteer, Bridget was asked to take on a more supportive role in helping to plan some events. While working alongside the committee, Bridget has learned many things about running successful events. She acknowledges the value of the support provided by the many volunteers that help to make these events run smoothly and feels that volunteers are the success of this organization. Bridget is continuously seeking out new people to join the events committee and support the fun things WGANJ strives to provide for its members. When Bridget is not on the golf course or helping with the events committee, she can be found visiting her two children and spending time with their ‘fur babies’. Bridget's other favorite place is relaxing with a good book at the Jersey Shore! |
Martha Bauer Finance Director Martha has been a member of WGANJ since 2021 when she joined to get back into golf. She had played growing up and again as a young adult before returning to work full time. Upon retirement she wanted to play again so she joined an advanced beginner league which offered an excellent refresher and led to meeting some wonderful women who she continues to play with today. As a retired accountant, she was looking for a way to give back and joined the Board to apply her finance skills. She also enjoys the volunteer opportunities that WGANJ has offered in local LPGA tournaments. However, the best benefit she has realized are the women she has met and worked with on the Board. They are spectacular. Aside from golf, Martha enjoys spending time with her four children, four grandchildren and wonderful husband. She is also involved with her church and belongs to Connections in Ridgewood. | Natalie Kavanaugh Director of Leagues Natalie first joined WGANJ in 2006 to reintroduce herself to her family’s sport of choice since she was a child growing up in Bergen County. Finding an organization dedicated to advancing women in golf was most intriguing as she learned at a young age that this was traditionally a “man’s sport” and found WGANJ as an opportunity to level the “playing field” for women who wanted to enjoy a round while meeting new friends and finding opportunities to network and socialize. She likes to tell her friends that golf got its name from the shortening of the expression “Good Old Ladies Fun”! |
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