KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE continues to methodically add the brightest and most accomplished industry executive talent to the team. We would like to welcome the esteemed Marcie Mills, CCM who will be joining us in March as a Search & Consulting Executive.
Marcie Mills, CCM comes to the KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE team with 25 years of hospitality and private club management experience. She most recently served as the General Manager and Chief Operating Officer at The Mirabel Club, a premier private golf residential community and club in Scottsdale, Arizona for over 6 years. The Club is designated as an award-winning Platinum Club of America as well as a Distinguished Club by BoardRoom magazine.
Marcie’s extensive career in club management has provided her the knowledge and experience to work with clubs seeking to establish a road map to the future. She brings a wealth of industry and community expertise to the firm and will soon put that knowledge to work for you.
“Marcie represents the continued organic growth of our company and our practice has been to add quality people, not only when there is a need, but also when we think their skill set and personality would be additive to the KK&W team and culture. She is highly regarded by her industry peers and enjoys the respect of the many employees she has mentored through the years. We believe Marcie’s skills, experience and connectivity will make her an outstanding partner for our clients and candidates,” stated the KK&W partners.
“I could not be more excited to join the team of KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE. I have had the opportunity to learn from Dick, Kurt and Tom over the years and have always been impressed by their dedication to education and giving back to the industry. Their depth of knowledge and expertise, coupled with their desire to enhance our profession, as well as, advance our careers and make us better leaders, inspires me. My passion for our industry along with my strong desire to do meaningful work and serve others leans into the culture that they have created at KOPPLIN KUEBLER & WALLACE.
Executive leadership, career development and advancement, education, and relationships are at the heart of everything they do. I have felt a part of the KK&W family for quite some time and clearly recall my first KK&W Summit as a wide-eyed and inspired legacy participant. Years have passed since that very moment and the relationships that I have cultivated with the KK&W team and with my colleagues at these events are the ones that I cherish the most. I am honored and humbled to join their organization and to strive to serve our industry and colleagues at the highest level with individuals I trust, admire and respect,” Mills responded.
Prior to The Mirabel Club, Marcie served as the General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of LedgeRock Golf Club in Mohnton, Pennsylvania and has held progressive management positions at Paradise Valley Country Club in Paradise Valley, Arizona; Waynesborough Country Club in Paoli, Pennsylvania; and the Radnor Hotel in St. David’s, Pennsylvania.
During her time in club management, Marcie was involved in extensive capital improvement projects at three properties equating to over 50 million dollars.
The most recent accomplishment at The Mirabel Club was a 7-million-dollar clubhouse improvement project resulting in increased casual dining space and fitness and wellness space, a new bar, enhanced kitchen space, ladies locker room renovation and brand new pickleball courts.
The Mirabel Club was recognized by Golf Inc. magazine as a finalist in 2021 as the Clubhouse of the Year as well as Golden Fork Honorable Mention for most improved Food and Beverage Facility.
A native of Philadelphia, Marcie is a proud graduate of Villanova University and has her bachelor’s degree in Human Services and Sociology with a Psychology Minor. Marcie’s father is a Certified Executive Chef, and her love for the hospitality industry was instilled in her at a very young age.
Marcie is very active in the Club Management Association of America (CMAA) and her respective CMAA Chapters. Having served as the President and Co-Chair of Education of the Greater Southwest she has also held various leadership roles and board positions in the Greater Southwest as well as Central Pennsylvania. Marcie has served on national committees over the years and has participated as a featured speaker and panelist at chapter events as well as CMAA’s World Conference and college universities. She is extremely passionate about education and is committed to mentoring young professionals in the industry.
Marcie received her CCM (Certified Club Management) Designation in 2008 and achieved entrance to the CMAA Honor Society in 2015. Marcie is a proud recipient of the 2022 Sally Burns Rambo Scholarship. She is also very involved in community service, and enjoys volunteering on the School Council Board, as well as various other organizations including the most recent appointment as Executive Committee Member of the Arizona Alliance for Golf.
Marcie can be contacted at: marcie@kkandw.com or (484) 577-6762