Executive Team
Joey Garon is President of New Leaf. He is responsible for the delivery of a wide range of management services for a select group of clients. Services provided include golf maintenance, golf operations, other sports and recreation operations, food and beverage operations, club membership, and association activities.
Garon has more than 20 years experience in the club and resort industry throughout the country. He joined the Bonita Bay Group in 2005 as vice president of operations where he was responsible for operations at the company's master-planned communities, establishing companywide standards of quality and assuring a high level of resident and member satisfaction. He launched New Leaf Management, Bonita Bay Group's amenities management division to leverage the company's excellent reputation for creating world-class clubs and lifestyles in 2007.
Previously, Garon served as vice president for KSL Recreation, which operates a number of high-quality golf courses, homeowners associations and destination resorts in the United States.
A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration, Garon serves on the board of directors of the Florida Golf Course Owners Association and the Resort and Hospitality Board of Advisors of Florida Gulf Coast University.
Tim Walton is the vice president of business development for New Leaf. In this role, he is responsible for pursuing new business opportunities and managing customer satisfaction for New Leaf clients. With more than 18 years of experience in the golf industry, managing daily fee, high-end resort and private clubs, he has been recognized for his ability to take operations and club satisfaction to the next level.
Tim most recently served as managing partner and general manager of the historical Old Natchez Country Club in Franklin, Tennessee, and prior to that he was a senior executive with KSL Resorts where he was part of the acquisition team for La Costa Resort and Spa and also served as director of operations at La Quinta Resort & Club in La Quinta, California and the director of golf for PGA West. Tim is a member of the board of directors of the Southeast Financial Credit Union and the YMCA of Middle Tennessee. He attended Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
Ian Coleman is the Director of Golf Sales at Bonita Bay East and is responsible for marketing the courses to golf enthusiasts and hospitality and golf industry partners, while increasing awareness of Bonita Bay East’s new daily play status. Bonita Bay East is home to two Tom Fazio-designed championship golf courses which have been named #72 & #76 by Golf Digests most beautiful courses in America and was the first 36-hole facility in the world to achieve Audubon International Signature Sanctuary status.
Coleman has more than 14 years of experience as a Golf Professional and in Country Club Marketing and Membership Sales. He served as Golf Professional, Teaching Professional, Pro Shop Manager and Operations Manager at Shadow Wood Country Club and Director of Membership and Marketing at both Shadow Wood Country Club and The Commons Club at The Brooks in Bonita Springs, Florida. A graduate of Bryant and Stratton College, Coleman is a member in good standing with the Club Managers Association of America, PGA of America, Membership Directors Association of Southwest Florida and Professional Club Marketing Association of America.