Staff | Administrative

Toni Wiley
Chief Executive Officer of Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center
Toni Wiley has served as Executive Director and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center since 2008. Her previous experience includes over two decades of corporate and non-profit leadership experience. Ms. Wiley currently serves on a national USTA committee working to build the capacity of inner city tennis and education organizations like Sportsmen’s, on the USTA New England Board of Directors, as president of the New England Tennis Association, and as a board member of the American Tennis Association. She grew up in Dorchester, just minutes from Sportsmen’s, and continues to reside in the area.

Charlynne Mines-Smart, MSHS
Chief Operating Officer
Charlynne has a passion for the education of our future young leaders. Over 30 years of experience working with youth and families, Charlynne has joined the Sportsmen’s team to help further the impact of the Learning Center’s programs. She has worked in the community holding leadership positions at Lena Park, CDC, Boston Centers for Youth and Families as well as working as the Surround Care Coordinator at the Ellison Parks Early Education School. Mrs. Mines-Smart holds and B.A. in Human Services in Community Youth Development and Leadership and a Master’s in Organizational Leadership both from Springfield College. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership and Management. Charlynne is grateful that she gets the opportunity to work each day with the youth and families in the community she continues to live in.

Mason Bultje
Annual Fund Manager
Mason grew up in Minnesota, where he started playing tennis at three years old. He quickly fell in love with the sport and he went on to compete for Gustavus Adolphus College while earning his B.A. in Exercise Physiology. Following his graduation in 2018, Mason worked for InnerCity Tennis in Minneapolis, where his passion for using tennis as a vehicle to build community and to support the holistic development of youth continued to grow. Mason is excited to bring his passion and experience to the Sportsmen’s community to further its mission.

Mary Long
Director of Special Events and Community Engagement
A dynamic, self-directed contributor with over 30 years of experience in non-profit services. Mary focuses on program development, fundraising, and special events coordination. Prior to joining Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center, Mary led Development efforts at Bay Cove Human Services and HESSCO Elder Services. Mary holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Communications from Regis College.

Kern Johnson
Operations Manager

Kern Johnson has faithfully served as the Operations Manager at Sportsmen’s for over 15 years. Kern works diligently to ensure that the facilities are in tip-top shape for the enjoyment of our patrons. He is jack-of-all-trades and loves what he does here at the club. Mr. Johnson is a welcome fixture and our members and staff absolutely adore him. Kern is also a talented DJ of 20 years.

Gayna Sealy
Program Manager

Gayna Sealy has been an active member and volunteer at Sportsmen’s since 2012, when she first started playing tennis. In 2015, she became the Program Coordinator and provides operational support to the Tennis, Enrichment, Community Outreach, Development, and General Operations areas of the club. She exhibits creativity and flexibility in helping to design the scope and reach of this position Ms. Sealy holds a B.A. in African American Studies from Smith College, and a M.Ed. in Elementary Education from Boston College. She immigrated to Boston 30 years ago from Barbados, and currently resides in Hyde Park.

Jackie Wiley
Community Engagement Coordinator

Jackie Wiley (she/her) is STEC’s Community Engagement Coordinator and has been with Sportsmen’s intermittently since before her 2012 graduation from Wellesley High School via the METCO program. She has held roles in summer camp, School-to-Sportsmen’s, development, and behind the front desk.

Jackie attended Spelman College in Atlanta, GA. She continues to study computer science and data management. Jackie enjoys art, music, performance, and her cat named Ginger.

Staff | Coaching

Sportsmen’s Tennis Coaches: All of our coaches enroll in ongoing professional development that gives them the experience and knowledge to develop as individual coaches and as part of our coaching team.

Marton Balla
Director of Tennis
Despite dedicating 30 years of sweat and work on tennis courts, if you google Marton Balla you will find an article about his wedding (and maybe a picture of his pregnant wife) before digging up all of his tennis results. In 2000, while escaping the mandatory Hungarian military service, he landed at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. He spent 4 years loving life, studying, and playing tennis on the beach. He was ranked in the top 10 in division II, and was awarded several recognitions from both his college and the conference such as Athlete of the Year.

After graduation he was not ready to leave the sunshine, so he began coaching in the Tampa Bay area. While coaching, Marton received mentoring from tour level coaches, while working and traveling around the world with top International Tennis Federation Juniors. During his 3 years at the Saddlebrook Internationa Tennis Academy, trained numerous WTA and ATP players, devoting most of his time to Alex Domijan who became #1 on NCAA.

Marton is most proud of his wife Kate and his two children Matteo and Leila, who play tennis at STEC.

Robert Amartey
Teaching Professional Tournament Training
Originally from Ghana, Robert has represented his country in Davis Cup competition. He holds his certification from the ITF (International Tennis Federation and PTR (Professional Tennis Registry). Robert has lived in the US for over twenty years and has coached at Sportsmen’s for over ten. Robert works primarily with our Tournament Tennis program.

Matthew Bejian
Teaching Professional and Tournament Director
Matt Bejian joins Sportmen’s with 10+ years of coaching and teaching experience and four years of Division I Men’s Tennis at Loyola University of Maryland in the Patriot League. In 2011 & 2012, Matthew played on the MA State High School Championship team and acquired a large amount of doubles-focused match experience. Matthew is currently working for the USTA, overseeing tournament play in New England. He graduated from Babson College with an MBA in the spring of 2021. In his free time, he is using his MBA concentration in entrepreneurship to develop a tennis product.  Matthew also enjoys hiking, golfing, skiing, spending time with his girlfriend, and building rock balancing sculptures around Cape Cod.

Andy Crane
Tournament Director
Andy is a former journalist, lawyer, government official and longtime youth development leader who, since 2012, has been the USTA New England Tournament Director for STEC.

Andy began his relationship with Sportsmen’s in 1996, when then Executive Director, Les Smith agreed to support BLAST, a new high school tennis training program that Andy initiated with parents of Boston Latin School students.

Over the years, BLAST provided off-season training for hundreds of Boston-area students who aspired to play high school tennis.

Andy has been a volunteer for USTA New England in many capacities, including: Chairperson of the Diversity and Inclusion Committee, the Grievance Committee, the Eastern Mass Committee, and member of the USTA New England Board of Directors.

Andy served as Program Director, then Summer Program Director, for Tenacity from 1999 to 2010, and has coached high school tennis at Latin Academy since 2009.

Marcy Cunniff
Adult Tennis Coordinator

Marcy has devoted her life to the sport of tennis and truly loves to play, teach and share her enthusiasm for the game. As a junior, Marcy was ranked #1 in doubles and top 5 in singles in New England.  Nationally, Marcy was ranked as high as #6 in doubles.

As a professional, Marcy has been an active member of USPTA for over 30 years, earning recognition as one of the top pros in continuing education in 2019. She served as Director of Tennis and Head Pro at the Hay Harbour Club on Fishers Island, NY and at the Eastern Yacht Club in Marblehead, MA before. Joining Boston Athletic Club, where she led the tennis program as Head Pro and Director of Tennis.

Thewuni “Tay” Devaraja
Teaching Professional

A native of Sri Lanka, Tay started playing tennis at the age of eight. In addition to representing Sri Lanka at high level competitions, Tay played tennis at Indiana Wesleyan University where her team finished in the top four in the NAIA. She is currently finishing her MBA and is excited to use her experience to coach tennis and help players develop.

Hajji Glover, Sr.
Stringer & Teaching Professional
Hajji has been coaching and teaching at the Sportsmen’s for 18 years.

He has been the Director of Tennis at the Charlestown Community Center for the past 9 years.

Hajji coaches part–time in the weekend programs while also teaching private lessons at Sportsmen’s.

He played collegiate tennis for the University of Massachusetts, Boston and is the proud father of Hajji Jr. and Ella, who actively participate in Sportsmen’s Tennis programs.

Hajji is USPTR certified.

Harshana Godamanna
Teaching Professional
Harshana held an ATP World Tour ranking of 811 in singles and 846 in doubles as of October 2008. He has been the Men’s National Champion of Sri Lanka in singles and doubles for 6 years. He represented Sri Lanka in the Davis Cup from 2002 to 2022. Harshana holds the highest win-loss record (80-28) by any Sri Lankan in the Davis Cup competition. In 2018 he was awarded the prestigious Davis Cup Commitment award for playing 50 ties for Sri Lanka. In 2024 he was appointed as the the Captain of the Sri Lanka Davis Cup team. He was the former Varsity Tennis Coach of the University of Massachusetts, Boston. During his time, UMass Women’s team won the Little East Conference for the first time in the 25 year program history. It was also the first time in the program history that both Men’s and Women’s team won the Conference in a calendar year.He graduated from the University of Massachusetts, Boston with a BS in International Management. He currently holds certifications from PTR (Professional Tennis Registry) for the following: 10 and Under, 11-17 age group, Performance and Junior Development Specialist (Level 3). Harshana has been working at Sportsmen’s for over 9 years.

Penka Vatova Haroutunian
Teaching Professional

Sheryl Maskell
Teaching Professional
Sheryl grew up in the Boston area. She got involved in tennis as a kid and became one of the top juniors in New England. She played nationally and was accepted at the University of Florida with a tennis scholarship. Sheryl taught tennis for many years in New England before becoming the Tennis Director at Mount Auburn Club in 2000. This is her fourth year at Sportsmen's in the adult program. Sheryl is USPTR certified.

Konrad Ryba
Teaching Professional

Konrad has played tennis his whole life and has a deep love for the sport. As a junior, Konrad played USTA tournaments and trained with many of the best coaches in the Midwest. After a successful high school tennis career, he chose to continue his tennis career as an instructor and began coaching clinics and private lessons from the end of high school until present day. During college summers, he worked as a coach at Five Seasons Sports Club in Northbrook, IL, where he gave hitting lessons and managed junior tournaments for up and coming players.

During his attendance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, he began working as a coach at Atkins Tennis Center. Here he frequently ran tennis clinics, gave private lessons, managed tournaments, and even strung rackets for players during down time. Before moving to Boston in 2017, he also had the experience of being a hit-in coach for clinics at the Glenview Tennis Club (IL), where he got the opportunity to regularly play with college players and ATP professionals.
Konrad looks forward to continuing being not just a teacher, but also a student of the ever-changing game of tennis.

Deion Whitehead
Teaching Professional
Deion Whitehead was born and raised in Boston MA. He grew up playing tennis at Sportsmen's and learned how valuable the sport is and how much fun he was having while playing the sport. As the years went by he was coached by many of STEC's coaches and really grew to love the sport. After graduating from High School in 2013 he started coaching at STEC and participating in various inner city tennis programs. He is currently working at Sportsmen's as a tennis professional with a focus on the youth tennis program including the "School to Sportsmen's program. As a coach, he wants to bring the best out of everyone, making sure that everyone is following instructions which also includes his students asking him questions if they have any.

Paul "PJ" Williams, Jr.
Teaching Professional

Erik Wolflink
Teaching Professional

Staff | Enrichment Programs

Andre "AJ" Lockett
Classroom Coordinator
Joining Sportsmens in early 2022, AJ as one of our Classroom Coordinators, has worked hard to learn the game of Tennis while bringing enthusiasm for learning to our classrooms and our courts.

Mandy Bass, RN, MS
Director, Center for Community Wellness at Sportsmen’s
Mandy Bass, RN, MS is the Director of the Center for Community Wellness at Sportsmen’s. She joined Sportsmen’s in the summer of 2016 as the camp nurse and took on the role of Wellness Advisor shortly afterwards. Mandy has held a variety of nursing positions including elementary school nurse, educator in the VA system, and nurse manager and clinical specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital. She has won national nursing awards for patient teaching, education, and clinical practice. She has also authored several journal articles and chapters in nursing textbooks.

What draws Mandy to Sportsmen’s is the positive energy, curiosity, incredible potential and accomplishments of the people in the community. Creating opportunities for others to be healthy and happy in their own lives, pushing against racism and working towards health equity drives Mandy to continue her work.

Board of Directors

Marilyn Chase
Co-Chair
Former Assistant Secretary
for Health and Human Services,
Commonwealth of MA,
Chair, Governance Committee

BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL HEART STUDIES

Paul Ridker, MD, MPH
Co-Chair,
Director of the Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Brigham and Women's Hospital,
Executive Director of the Center for Community Wellness (CCW)
Chair, Health & Wellness Committee

Clara Arroyo
Treasurer,
Chair, Finance Committee
CFO, Boston Plan for Excellence

Lindsey Dashiell

Lindsey Dashiell
Secretary
Attorney

Scott Babka
Capital Campaign Co-Chair
Board Member,
Director of Finance and Impact
One Mighty Mill LLC

Bill Benjes
Development Committee
Managing Principal at Covalent Partners LLC

Ruth Birnberg

Ruth Birnberg
Member, Consultant

Julianne Bridgeman
Member, Realtor,
William Raveis RE

Sue Denny
Member,
Retired Consultant

Brett Dickens
Career & Technical
Education Director,
Providence Public Schools
Chair, Tennis Programs Committee;
Sportsmen’s Player/Parent

Harit Doshi
Member, Co-founder and CEO at Omniply Technologies

Noel Fernandez
Wellington Management Company

Bob Frank

Bob Frank
Member, Retired
Non-Profit IT Professional

Freddie Jacobs, Jr.
Northeast Retirement Services, LLC
Executive Vice President - Chief Operating Officer & Chief Risk Officer

Mildred Jones

Mildred Jones
Founding Member,
Retired Senior Business Analyst
Liberty Mutual Group

Cecila Joseph
Member,
Retired, Healthcare Administrator

Guy Ronen
Member,
Non-Profit Executive, Development Committee

Dan Solomon

Dan Solomon
Member,
Brigham & Women's Hospital,
Chair, Development Committee

Jen Stempel
Member,
Managing Director,
Deloitte Consulting

Christina Suh
Member, Founder, Women's Foundation of Boston

Frank William

Frank Williams
Member, Retired Patrol Officer
Boston Police Department

Conway Haynes

Conway Haynes
Emeritus Founding Board Member

Albert Lewis

Albert Lewis
Emeritus Founding Board Member
Retired, Consultant