Our Team

Smith brings with him an extensive background having served in Executive level positions with Hilton Hotels Corporation, Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, San Mateo County Event Center, Comstock Mining, along with General Manager roles with several Tribal Casinos. In addition to Smith’s Financial, and Hotel/Casino operations experience he oversaw Golf operations at Lac Vieux Desert Golf Course in Michigan along with financial oversight of Wildcreek and Northgate Golf courses in Reno.

Tim joined Somersett Golf and Country Club in December 2019 bringing 30 years of tourism, gaming, hotel, mining, golf operations and financial executive level experience with superior managerial and operations background coupled with local and multi-state experience and cross sector exposure in tourism, hotel/gaming and government. Tim offers strategic appreciation and vision, able to build and implement sophisticated plans with a proven track record explicitly supporting the business needs of the properties along with outstanding recruitment, employee retention and staff development skills. Self-driven and self-reliant, sets aim and targets and leads by example, collaborative approach with excellent interpersonal skills to engage, motivate and encourage others through change. Highly focused and detailed oriented with a consistent track record of successfully meeting goals in difficult situations on time and within budget. Prior to joining Somersett Golf and Country Club, Tim served as the Chief Accounting Officer-Comstock Mining, COO/CFO-San Mateo County Event Center, VP Finance-Reno/Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority, General Manager-Lac View Hotel and Casino, Coyote Valley Casino and Chukchansi Gold Resort.

Tim also held several leadership positions throughout his 20-year tenure with Hilton Hotels Corporation both at the property and corporate level. Tim started his career with Hilton Hotels Corporation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina while attending college. Serving at numerous Hilton properties as Comptroller, Tim’s wide range of experience includes serving at the Palmer House in Chicago, Seattle Airport Hilton, Phoenix Hilton, Chicago Hilton & Towers, and the Reno/Flamingo Hilton. Tim returned to Chicago in a corporate capacity overseeing the first consolidated Finance & Administrative office for Hilton Hotels encompassing 5 major hotels including the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. Tim later established a western regional corporate center in Phoenix that consolidated 35 hotels including the famous Fountain Bleu in Miami and the Hilton Hawaiian Village to name a few. After twenty years with Hilton, Tim then capitalized on an opportunity to return to Reno-Tahoe area with Pinnacle Gaming as the Director of Finance to oversee the Boomtown Hotel and Casino Verdi multi-million-dollar expansion.

At the age of 3 Stuart began hitting balls in the backyard of his Los Angeles home. His family moved to Rocklin, California in 1966 into a house located on the 6th hole of Whitney Ranch Golf Club which was undoubtedly the driving force of Stuart’s love for the game. As an only child, he spent endless hours on the golf course and even laid out his own golf course in the backyard. Stuart was active in junior golf. He qualified for two US Junior Amateur Championships (1978, 79) and was the youngest winner of the Roseville City Amateur Championship (1978). Stuart played college golf at UCLA alongside teammates Corey Pavin, Steve Pate, Tom Pernice Jr., Duffy Waldorf, and Jay Delsing where he recorded the lowest round shot by a Bruin at Bel Air Country Club – 64. He went to the Round of 16 in both the Trans-Mississippi Amateur (1980) and the US Amateur (1980). Stuart graduated with a BA in Sociology and turned professional in 1984. His pursuit of the PGA Tour lasted 9 years where he went to the final qualifying stage for the PGA Tour four times (1986, 88, 89, 90) thus earning his playing privileges on the Ben Hogan Tour and Nike Tour – now known as the Nationwide Tour. Stuart played the South African Tour (1985-92) enjoying his best year in 1989 with a win in the Palabora Classic and two third place finishes ending 6th on their money list for the year. Stuart switched gears and became an assistant golf professional at Sierra View Country Club in Roseville, California in 1992. If he wasn’t going to play for a living, he was certainly going to follow his passion for golf. In 1993, he left Sierra View and went across town to a new facility, Granite Bay Golf Club. Stuart spent 13 years at Granite Bay working his way up through the ranks to Director of Golf. In 2007, he moved to Reno taking on the role of Head Golf Professional at Somersett Golf & Country Club where he is currently the Director of Golf.

Stuart still enjoys being competitive and was Northern California PGA Player of the Year in 2004 earning him a spot in the 2005 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Stuart was named Sierra Nevada Junior Golf Leader (2007) and Sierra Nevada Chapter Player of the Year (2009,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016). In 2010 Stuart was recognized by the Northern California Section PGA as Junior Golf Leader of the Year. Stuart qualified for and participated the 2011 PGA Championship @ Atlanta Athletic Club, 2013 PGA Championship @ Oak Hill Country Club, 2013 Senior PGA Championship @ Bellerive Country Club and the 2014 & 2016 Senior PGA Championship @ Harbor Shores Golf Club. Stuart made the cut palyiong all four rounds of the 2014,2016 Senior PGA Championship finishing T70 and T60. Stuart will look to better those finishes in the 2018 Senior PGA Championship again at Harbor Shores.

In 2016 Stuart received the highest honor a professional can have in his/her PGA Section – Professional of the Year. It is quite an honor to be recognized by his peers as the best of the best.

Stuart is a highly regarded teacher and is one of 150 Certified AimPoint Green Reading Instructors in the US.

Tanya has been a Nevada resident for over thirty-five years bringing a wealth of experience in all aspects of Tech, Marketing, Medical as well as Non-Profit.

Prior to joining Somersett, she was involved with the start up of Nevada’s first Business Improvement District, bringing creative marketing, economic development, and homeless initiatives to Downtown Reno.

Kevin has been a Nevada Resident for 40 years, both in Las Vegas and Reno. He comes with an array of knowledge in Gaming, Finance and Accounting. Kevin started his career with MGM International working his way up through Cage operations to Director of Cage/Credit and Collections. His resume includes Excalibur Hotel and Casino, Bellagio, Circus Circus, The Venetian and Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway.

Kevin also branched out into the government non-profit sector as Director of Finance and Administration for Sierra Nevada Job Corps.

Robert has been a Class A Golf Course Superintendent for 20 years. He has been the Superintendent at Somersett Golf & Country Club since it’s inception where he worked directly with the golf course designers at KBR Design overseeing construction and the responsiblity for grow-in and opening of all 27 holes. Robert also performed the grow-in of Arrowcreek Golf Course where he opened that course and was course superintendent of ArrowCreek’s 36 holes. Robert also was the Regional Superintendent for a major golf management company in Northern Nevada and Northern California. Other previous positions include Spyglass Hill, Newport Beach CC, and Palm Valley CC.

Jonathan brings an extensive background in the Food and Beverage industry having served as the Manager of Charlie Palmer Steak and Briscola, Manager of Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse and General Manager Oceana at the Peppermill. Jonathan has served as the Beverage Operations Manager at the Peppermill for the past 7 years overseeing 14 bars and outlets, 135+ staff along with changing the culture of the department through accountability, on-going training programs, and a hands-on leadership approach.

In addition to overseeing a multimillion operation, Jonathan’s responsibilities also included profit and loss statement, COG’s, labor, guest service, mixology/menu development and implementation, staffing, ordering and inventory levels, along with proper records and documentation, critical control points, health and sanitation.

Kris brings an extensive background in the culinary industry having started his career in San Francisco. After achieving his degree from the California Culinary Academy earning his AA Occupational Studies Degree Le Cordon Blue-Culinary. Kris moved to Reno in 2010 and joined Harrah’s Reno before starting his 10 year career with rapid growth at the Peppermill Hotel and Casino, Reno. Kris served as Chef De Cuisine at the finest restaurants including Oceana, Bimini Steak House and Romanza Ristorante Italiano, Banquets and Catering.

Kris’s responsibilities also included managing COG’s, staffing costs, ordering and inventory control, along with health safety and sanitation. Kris also has a  Nursing degree from the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines and Certified Nursing Certificate from TMCC.