Who We Are

The Little People’s Golf Championships Association is a 501 (c) (3) not-forprofit organization, made up of a Board of Directors and an Advisory Team of Volunteer men and women dedicated to providing positive competition for young golfers aged three (3) through eighteen (18) from all over the World, through the Pepsi Little People’s Golf Championships.

The Board of Directors is comprised of nine dedicated people, who receive direct input from its Advisory Team, each of whom serves as a Committee Chair or Member. In addition, the tournament is highly dependent upon its volunteer base of some 150 men and women who serve untiringly before, during and after the tournament.

The Executive Board is comprised of Nan Ryan, President; Mike Lawrence, Vice President; Judy Wilper, Secretary, and Terri Blevins, Treasurer. Tami Fleischman, Holly Cain, Teresa Huner, Tara Dicks, and Chris Duerr complete the Board of Directors.

Nan Ryan is the Founder and Executive Director of Pepsi Little People’s. She serves as the Association’s President, is Chair of the Little People’s Tournament Committee, the Publicity Committee, the Scholarship Committee, the Entries Committee, the Sponsor’s Committee, the Golf Course Site Selection Committee, and is an Ex-officio Member of all other committees.

Mike Lawrence is Vice President of Pepsi Little People’s, and serves as a Member of the Little People’s Tournament Committee, the Scholarship Committee, the Gifts and Merchandise Committee, and is Chair of the Transportation and Hospitality Committee.

Judy Wilper is Secretary of Pepsi Little People’s, and serves as Chair of the Westview Starter’s Committee. She is Co- Chair of the Parent-Child Committee, and is a Member of the Golf Course Site Selection Committee and the Little People’s Tournament Committee.

Terri Blevins is the latest addition to the Little People’s Board of Directors, and comes on as Treasurer, replacing long-time Little People’s volunteer Mary Jo Hunt.  Terri is currently Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Academic Strategies at the University of Illinois College of Medicine.  Welcome aboard, Terri!

Tami Fleischman is a Member of the Little People’s Board of Directors, and serves as Representative at KC Par-3, as Chair of the KC Starter’s Committee, and as Co-Chair of the KC Rules and Marshals Committee.

Teresa Huner is a member of the Little People’s Board of Directors.  Teresa literally brought Little People’s into the social media world.  She oversees all of the Little People’s Social Media, is the official photographer for the tournament, and serves on the Publicity Committee.

Tara Dicks is a  member of the Little People’s Board of Directors, and serves as Chair of the Family Picnic Committee and as a Member of the Gifts and Merchandise Committee.

Chris Duerr is a Member of the Little People’s Board of Directors. Chris is well known in the Quincy area for his sports casting on KHQA TV, and is a Member of the Little People’s Publicity Committee. Chris has made an awesome video
depicting the importance of Little People’s to Quincy.

Holly Cain is a member of the Little People’s Board of Directors. Holly is well-known in Quincy as Executive Director of the Quincy Convention and Visitor’s Bureau. We are looking forward to her sharing her new and innovative ideas as a member of the Board, the Sponsor’s, and Merchandise and Gifts Committees.

PEPSI LITTLE PEOPLE’S 2021 BOARD AND ADVISORY TEAM  

Lynn Blevins                      Terri Blevins                        Holly Cain                                         Paige Cain

Andrew Cashman                                  Tara Dicks                                           Chris Duerr

Tami Fleischman                                      Julie Glover                                      Jim Grant

Jerry Grawe                                               Blaise Haxel                                     Teresa Huner

Mary Jo Hunt                                             Mike Lawrence                                Tracy Lawrence

Lee Paige Lindsay                                   David Morgan                                  Kathleen Ryan

Nan Ryan                                                   Jim Schonhoff                                  Judy Schonhoff

Tim Schrage                                              Mike Wensing                                  Judy Wilper

Back Row (l-r) Holly Cain, Jim Schonhoff, Mary Jo Hunt, Mike Lawrence

Front Row (l-r) Terri Blevins, Judy Schonhoff, Tami Fleischman, Judy Wilper, Nan Ryan, Tracy Lawrence