Our Team
Kevitt Sale
General Manager
Serving since 2019
About Kevitt
Kevitt Sale has been the General Manager for over 13 years at several California Private Clubs including Sea Cliff Country Club and Marbella Country Club in Orange County and Serrano Country Club in the Sacramento area. Most recently Kevitt has been working in the commercial real estate industry for Lee & Associates. He is married with two boys, 16 & 19 and lives in Huntington Beach. Kevitt enjoys fishing, golf and attending his sons sporting events. His passion for building strong teams and focus on enhancing the member experience will make him an outstanding addition to the current team.
Gordon Chow
Club Manager
Serving since 2019
About Gordon
Gordon joined Invited in August 2019. He joins us with a wealth of knowledge in the hospitality industry after working in executive and leadership roles with Disney, C&S Wholesale Grocers, Hawaiian Airlines, Hyatt, Hilton and Marriott. Gordon recently lived in Hawaii and now resides in Aliso Viejo. His passion lies in food and beverage, as well as creating and building an inclusive culture with his teams.
Holly Jaenichen
Membership Director
Serving since 2009
About Holly
Holly has been with at Coto de Caza since 2009 where she started out at the Sports Club and now as one of the Clubs’ Membership Directors.Holly’s background is in hospitality, travel and private event production and sales.When she is not at the Club, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, cheering on her son at his sporting events, hiking with her dogs, skiing, volunteering and finding time to improve her golf game.
Roger Goettsch
Director of Golf Course Maintenance
Serving since 2020
About Roger
Roger began his career in Golf Course Maintenance in Iowa. He was exposed to Golf in grade school where his passion for the game of Golf began. He watched Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer and Gary Player on TV and wanted to be a professional golfer. As a junior and senior in high school Roger helped build and maintain a local 9-hole golf course. After high school, he acquired a BS in turf management from Iowa State University while doing an internship at Des Moines Golf & Country Club. Since College, Roger has worked on several projects in Texas, Thailand, Indonesia, India and China. He hosted the PGA Tour Shell Houston Open 2004-2008 and has spent time working at a few other Top Golf Clubs in Texas. Most recently, Roger worked for Shanqin Bay in Hainan China, during his tenure the course became # 39 in the World Top 100 Golf Courses. He has worked with golf Course Architects such as Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Desmond Muirhead, Keith Foster, Ken Dye, Dick Phelps, Reese Jones, Pe...
Rick Booth
Director of Golf
Serving since 1999
949-858-4100 ext. 5135
About Rick
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Rick has been playing golf since the age of 15 and has been in the golf industry for over 35 years.Rick began his career in golf at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, California. After spending four years at Oakmont, he moved to Rio Hondo Country Club located in Downey, California in 1982. In 1990, he became the director of golf at Porter Valley Country Club in Northridge, California. In 1999, Rick became the director of golf at Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club.Rick is married with two children.
Kyle Lewis
Head Golf Professional
Serving since 2013
About Kyle
Kyle joins us at Coto de Caza as the club’s Head Golf Professional. He was born and raised in Riverside, his golfing career led him to Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio where he majored in Sports Management and Business Accounting. Kyle found his passion for the business side of golf when he interned for the Northern Texas PGA in the Junior Golf Department. Upon graduating from college he moved to Buffalo, New York to work as the Junior Golf Director for the Western New York PGA (WNYPGA). Kyle made his way back to California to start his career with Invited as an Assistant Golf Professional at Mission Hills Country Club in December 2013. Kyle was fortunate enough to work the final major of 2013 at Oak Hill Country Club (PGA Championship) for the WNYPGA and the first major of 2014 at Mission Hills Country Club (ANA Inspiration). Prior to joining Coto De Caza, Kyle was the Head Golf Professional at our sister club Canyon Crest Country Club.
Michael Nirtaut
Executive Chef
Serving since 2020
About Michael
Michael Nirtaut has been cooking for 20 years now. Originally from Chicago Illinois he has lived in Colorado, Arizona, Hawaii, Northern California and finally settling down in southern California in 2001. He went to culinary school in Scottsdale Culinary Institute Le Cordon Bleu Program in 97 and 98. He has worked for numerous hotels, restaurants and country clubs through the years such as Four Seasons Newport Beach, Fairmont Newport Beach and Montage Laguna Beach and most recently at Old Ranch Country Club in Seal Beach. He is married with two children, for fun he enjoys tennis, surfing, snowboarding, table tennis and of course cooking!
Jennifer Wolf
Private Events Director
Serving since 2020
About Jennifer
Jennifer has been in the Private Events world for a little over 10 years. Prior to coming to Coto, she was the Private Events Director at Marbella Country Club. Jenn has a passion for connecting with people, discovering a client’s event vision, offering suggestions, and utilizing her expertise to make their event vision a reality. In her off time, she loves to have fun and you will often find Jenn at the beach, on the slopes, exercising, having wine with friends, or hanging out with family. Jenn has a 4-year-old son named Aiden.
Elizabeth Prochnow
Private Events Director
Serving since 2009
About Elizabeth
Liz has been at Coto de Caza for 12 years, spending 11 years in food and beverage as both front of the house and upper management. She always had a love for the event side of the operations and was excited when a position opened for her in the Private Events department. She values her relationships with members and clients and loves helping them bring their event vision to life.
David Page
Director of Tennis
Serving since 2003
About David
David has been the Director of Tennis at Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club since 2003. He has been in the Southern California tennis scene since 1992. David got his start in Texas, where he played college tennis at Odessa Junior College and University of Texas – San Antonio. In 1982, David received his Professional One – USPTA certification and started teaching full time. David lives with his wife, Michelle, and two wonderful children, Sean and Sydney.
Suzanna Bezyan
Member Experience Director
Serving since 2020
949-766-4696
About Suzanna
Suzanna joined our team as the Membership Experience Director in September 2020. She joins Coto de Caza from TravisMathew where she was their Corporate Sales Coordinator. Additionally, she has experience working as the Membership Services Manager at USA Badminton, the Associate of Member Services at the LA Clippers, and was a Writer covering daily stories about Los Angeles Kings and New York Rangers at Sports Media 101 and The Sports Daily.Suzanna has a Master’s Degree in Sport Management from the University of San Francisco, her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from California State University of Northridge and an Associate’s Degree in Visual Communications from FIDM.She strives on creating memorable experiences for members.
Rich Ortega
Membership Director
Serving since 2021
David Prodanovich
Pool Manager
Serving since 2017
About David
David Prodanovich grew up and swam most of his career in Santa Barbara, as a member of the Santa Barbara Swim Club. From SBSC he went to swim in college at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo where he studied Kinesiology. David began his coaching career for his old club team in Santa Barbara in 2002. From there he returned to San Luis Obispo to coach for the Seahawks and was their Head Coach in 2005. In 2006, David relocated to Orange County and began to coach for the Fullerton Aquatics Sports Team. During his eleven years there, David developed numerous top-ten National Age Group qualifiers, All-Star's, and Sectional qualifiers. David has a bachelor’s degree in communication, is a certified person trainer, and is a level 3 ASCA certified coach.David came to the Coto Coyote Swim Team in June of 2017 and has the goal of leading by example and help all Coyote Athletes reach their potential.
Blake Jirges
Director of Player Development
Blake Jirges
Director of Player Development
Serving since 2020
About Blake
Blake is an integral part of the player development program at Coto de Caza building the first Academy at the facility. Blake is a results based coach that guarantees changes in his students game. With use of many different technologies like Trackman and Video Analysis, Blake develops your skills to becoming more comfortable to shooting low scores on the golf course. Blake is a Top 100 GRAA Teacher in America, Top 50 US Kids Master Teacher and serves on the SCPGA Teaching Committee and Player Development Committee.