Board of Directors
Jim Hamm
Executive Director
BUSINESS
Employed as Special Pops Tennis Executive Director.
SPECIAL POPS TENNIS
Positions
- Founding member; elected to the SPT Board of Directors in 2005
- Current Chairman of the USTA – Southern section Special Populations/Adaptive committee
- Member of the Special Olympics North America Tennis Development Committee
- Tournament Director – Special Populations Unified Doubles (SPUD) tournament held in Belton, SC
- Affiliate Member of Professional Tennis Registry (PTR)
- Management Team member for tennis venue at Special Olympics USA Games in Seattle, WA – 2018; Orlando, FL – 2022
- Management Team member for tennis venue at Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles, CA – 2015
- Management Team member for tennis competition at Special Olympics North America Championships held annually in Hilton Head Island, SC
- Tennis Coach of Team USA – Southeast Region at the 2003 Special Olympics Summer World Games in Dublin, Ireland
- Head Coach of Team USA – 2011 Special Olympics World Games in Athens, Greece
- Special Olympics World Games Tennis Coach for USA delegation: 2003 – Dublin, Ireland; 2011 – Athens, Greece; 2019 – Abu Dhabi, UAE
Achievements and Recognition
- Named by Racquet Sports Industry as 2021 Adaptive Tennis Champion of the Year
- 2017 recipient of the Harris-Gude Foundation Honor of Distinction
- Recipient of the USTA Southern Section Adaptive Tennis Community Service Award
- Tommy Nobis Foundation Philanthropy Award
- Elected to Chamblee High School Hall of Fame – 2012