Our guest this episode on The Chicago Golf Report podcast is Lea Jesse, Chief Executive Officer of First Tee – Greater Chicago. The organization uses the game of golf to help kids build the strength of character that empowers them through a lifetime of new challenges.

First Tee – Greater Chicago provides Life Skills Experience programming at select Chicago Park District facilities and Harborside International Golf Center, Glenwoodie Golf Club, and in Waukegan through the Waukegan Park Districts. The organization strives to instill in participants First Tee Nine Core Values – honesty, integrity, sportsmanship, respect, confidence, responsibility, perseverance, courtesy, and judgment. Young people who become members of First Tee – Greater Chicago enjoy a variety of opportunities to learn life skills that can help them grow as individuals and prepare for the future.

In this conversation with Lea we learn: