Our team of turf representatives bring more than just a few famous names to the table. They have intimate knowledge and firsthand experience of how synthetic turf surfaces interact with the athletes on the field, and how weather and other environmental and play factors affect the turf. They have also taken the time to learn about the industry and the products they are providing. They have observed the manufacturing of yarns, they have watched turf being stitched to the backing, and they have sat in on the testing of our products. They are knowledgeable and passionate about the G9 line of turf products.

Turf Team

Roberto Clemente Jr.—New York, NY

A baseball broadcaster and former professional baseball player, Clemente is the son of baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente. The younger Clemente spent time in the Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres, and Baltimore Orioles organizations and also became a well-known player in Venezuela and his native Puerto Rico. Since the end of his playing career, Clemente has been actively involved in the baseball community and charitable efforts. He created the RBI baseball program, a youth-based baseball program, has served as honorary chairman for the Baseball Assistance Team (BAT), and has been instrumental in the growth and development of the Roberto Clemente Legacy Foundation and the Roberto Clemente National Sports City in Puerto Rico. He has also been a significant contributor to the American Diabetes Foundation. He has worked as a radio and TV broadcaster, announcing Yankees games for MSG Network, Telemundo, and WADO. He has also done work for MLB Network and ESPN Deportes.

Paul Frase—Jacksonville, FL

A former NFL defensive lineman who played 11 seasons with the New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, Green Bay Packers, and Baltimore Ravens. He is a two-time winner of the NFL's Ed Block Courage Award, given annually to players who show extraordinary determination and heart over the course of a season. He and his wife Allison founded and continue to run The Joshua Frase Foundation, named after his son. The foundation raises funds for medical research of myotubular myopathy and other related congenital myopathies. A former defensive standout at Syracuse University, he captained the Orangemen's nationally ranked team in 1987, and is now owns and operates a successful contracting business in Jacksonville.

Tom Howard—Long Island, NY

Howard has been an educator for 39 years and a Director of Health, Physical Education and Athletics for 19 years in both Nassau and Suffolk Counties on Long Island. Tom retired as AD from Farmingdale HS in 2003 and has since served as Interim AD in Baldwin, Locust Valley and North Babylon high school's. As a football coach he led the Bay Shore High School Marauders to four consecutive Suffolk County Championships during the 1980's. His teams won the Rutgers Trophy, symbolic of the Outstanding football team in Suffolk County 2 times (1983 and '84), and he was selected as Suffolk County Coach of the Year numerous times by Newday, the NY Daily News and the Suffolk County Retired Football Coaches Association. He has also coached many state and county wrestling champions during his coaching career. Howard has received recognition and awards from the New York State Athletic Administrators Association, the Council of Administrators, the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (of which he also served as their President and member of the Board of Directors), and the American Red Cross. He received the Golden Apple Teacher of the Year Award from the March of Dimes and the Diocese of Rockville Centre CYO "Man of the Year Award" and NYSUT Friend of Education Award. Additionally, he has worked for Cablevision Sports as a color analyst for numerous sporting events over the past 20 years, has served as Trustee in the Village of Amityville and an Assistant Chief Lifeguard for the Town of Babylon (45 years of lifeguarding). Currently Tom works as a Professor at Adelphi University and does Adjunct work for Stony Brook University.

Qadry Ismail —Bel Air, MD

Ismail spent ten years in the NFL as a wide receiver and kick returner with five different teams, and was a key member of the 2000 Baltimore Ravens squad that won Super Bowl XXXV. After growing up in Wilkes-Barre, PA, he attended Syracuse University where he became the school's first two-sport All-American since Jim Brown, earning his honors in football and track. He still holds several school records as a returner, and ranks among the NCAA's all-time leading kick returners with over 2,000 return yards. Since 2004, he has worked as an NFL football analyst on ESPN News, and is currently the track and field coach at Patterson Mill High School in Bel Air, Maryland where he lives with his wife and three children.

Rob Moore—Phoenix, AZ

Moore is a veteran of 13 NFL seasons who recorded 49 career TD and over 9,000 receiving yards in stints with the New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals, and Denver Broncos. A former 1st round draft pick, he twice earned Pro Bowl honors during his career. Moore has given his time and support to numerous charitable groups and organizations. For many years, he ran the Rob Moore Books and Balls camp on Long Island, NY (where he grew up), which was aimed at helping young athletes develop both on and off the field. He is now a color commentator on Arizona Cardinals radio broadcasts.

Matt Palumb—Syracuse, NY

Palumb is a former four year starter for the Syracuse University lacrosse team, who earned All-America honors as a goalie while leading the Orange to three straight national titles from 1988-1990. He earned MVP honors for his performance in the 1988 NCAA Championship Game. Since graduation, Palumb has found success as a high school athletic director and as a sales representative for Cascade Lacrosse. But he has also excelled as a college lacrosse referee and has been chosen to officiate in six NCAA Division I Final Fours. He was recently named the Director of Donor Relations and Special Projects at Syracuse.

Executive Staff

Grant Hendricks Jr.
Principal

Hendricks has been working in the asphalt emulsion manufacturing and road construction industry since he was a teenager, and has experienced every facet of the business from the bottom up. He rose to the title of President of his family's company, BIMASCO, guiding the day to day operations and finding new and innovative ways to keep the company ahead of the curve. In addition to immersing himself in countless charitable efforts and foundations, and serving his community as a youth coach in football and baseball, he has taken on important roles as a Board Member of the Long Island Regional Planning Council (LIRPC), Board Member of the Long Island Contractors Association (LICA), and a Trustee for the Laborers Union Local 1298. Hendricks is also a member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of Long Island. He has been a key figure in speaking to political groups and state and federal leaders in an effort to secure funds and work opportunities for the Long Island community. A native of Bay Shore, NY, he was a standout running back and safety on Bay Shore High School's undefeated 1983 Rutgers Trophy winning football team (given to the best team in Suffolk County on LI), is a former hockey player with the Long Island Royals, and is a avid golfer who currently holds the post of Golf Chairman at Southward Ho Country Club on Long Island's south shore.

Don McPherson
Principal

McPherson, a 2008 inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame, was a 1988 NFL draft pick of the Philadelphia Eagles who embarked on a seven-year professional football career in the NFL and CFL. A starting QB at Syracuse University, he was the winner of the Maxwell Award and the Davey O'Brien Award, and was also runner-up for the Heisman Trophy in 1987. After retiring from football in 1994, McPherson joined the staff of Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society, before becoming the first executive director of the Sports Leadership Institute at Adelphi University. As a social activist he has founded several outreach and mentoring programs, and regularly speaks at college campuses as a critic of gender roles, stating that the standard constructions of masculinity and femininity both limit men's emotions and overall well-being as well as contribute to gendered violence such as domestic violence, stalking, and rape. In this capacity he has testified before hearings of the United States House of Representatives.

Grant Hendricks Sr.
Principal

Hendricks joined the BIMASCO team in 1963 and quickly took over the helm of the company, becoming President in 1965. He developed key relationships with local town, county, and state officials and made BIMASCO one of the prime contractors for asphalt emulsions to the Long Island road industry. He has led major projects over his career, including significant work on the Long Island Expressway, Northern State Parkway, and Sunrise Highway amongst others on Long Island. In 1985, in response to economic and industry changes, he re-directed company efforts towards road reclamation, and later developed the only full depth asphalt recycling program on Long Island, keeping BIMASCO among the industry leaders. An expert in foundational sub-base and drainage systems, he is a long time member of the Long Island Contractors Association, and in 2003 was honored as Man of the Year for his years of service by both Suffolk County and the Town of Brookhaven. A long time resident of Bay Shore, NY, he was the former Maine State college tennis champion as a student at Colby College in 1959. He attended OCS (officer candidate school) with the Navy immediately upon graduation and spent 3 ½ years serving his country as a member of the Navy's Attack Squadron VA176, which served on the USS Shangri La, from 1960-1963.

Reed Hendricks
Principal

Hendricks has over 20 years of experience in the asphalt emulsion manufacturing and road construction industry, and is in charge of operations for BIMASCO in Hauppauge, NY. While overseeing the day to day challenges of that business, Hendricks is also the job manager for G9 Turf and directs the use of all equipment and maintenance programs. He is also the company's resident infill expert and has overseen the development and testing of G9's turf products.Hendricks attended the University of Massachusetts, is an accomplished musician and guitar player, and a former high school gymnastics All-American at Bay Shore High School on Long Island.

Darryl Johnston
Principal

Johnston was a two-time Pro Bowl selection (the first fullback ever selected to the Pro Bowl) and a three-time Super Bowl champion as a member of the Dallas Cowboys from 1989 to 1999. A second round draft pick out of Syracuse University, where he earned All-America honors as a senior, he went on to score 22 career touchdowns while re-inventing the fullback position in the NFL. Johnston has been a major contributor to many charities including the Special Olympics, Children's Cancer Fund, Cystic Fibrosis, and Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT). He has also served as honorary chairman for MDA's "Aisles of Smiles" campaign, and for the American Cancer Society's Gunslingers' Ball. In 1999, Johnston's numerous community service activities led to his nomination for the NFL's prestigious "Whizzer" White Humanitarian Award. He is currently a football analyst and color commentator for FOX Network's NFL broadcasts.

 

G9 Turf vows to give back to every community we touch. Every installation is accompanied by a donation to the local chapter of the Families of American Military Foundation and Operation Shelter Our Families. A key piece of the business plan for our company is to give back to the communities we touch. As part of that plan, G9 Turf has entered into a partnership with The Disability Opportunity Fund and the Families of American Military's Operation Shelter Our Families. This is a unique relationship that allows G9 to not only make a contribution and establish roots within these communities, but also recognize the courage and sacrifice being made by our American military.

G9 Makes First Donation to The DOF
September 14, 2010

In September, G9 Turf put the final touches on their field installation at Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale, NY. As part of the project, G9 Turf made a $5,000 donation on behalf of Kellenberg to the local Long Island chapter of the Disability Opportunity Fund (DOF), a community development financial institution focused on addressing the gap in housing solutions for people with disabilities and their families, particularly those returning from service in the American military.

G9 Turf's donation to the DOF comes from a firm belief in the post installation relationship, and their strongly held corporate mission of giving back to every community they touch. Every installation is accompanied by a similar donation, which helps the family of a local member of the US military find affordable housing.

 

"We are very proud of our partnership with G9 Turf and look forward to using this donation to help a local Long Island military family," said Charlie Hammerman, President and CEO of the Disability Opportunity Fund. "These funds will help further our mission of providing low cost financing of affordable and accessible housing for our veterans returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan."

The G9 team made an official presentation to DOF senior advisor Sandy Tochterman, on behalf of Kellenberg, at a special ceremony on September 9th. Father Philip Eichner, President of Kellenberg, was the master of ceremonies and was joined on the new field by nearly 100 student-athletes to commemorate the opening of the field.

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Associated Organizations

Disability Opportunity Fund

The Disability Opportunity Fund is the only existing national community development investment fund to focus exclusively on Disabilities Projects. They provide a unique and wide range of financial products and services that help customers, like disabled veterans returning from war, build wealth and achieve the goal of becoming fully integrated in society as homeowners and in the workplace. The types of products the DOF provides may be similar to those provided by larger, mainstream financial institutions such as mortgage financing for first time homebuyers. However, they generally lend to and make equity investments in markets not served by traditional financial institutions. The DOF is also usually able to offer rates and terms that are more flexible, and provide services that will help insure that credit is used effectively.

The Disability Opportunity Fund helps rebuild the lives of individuals by increasing the ability of people to act on their own through previously unavailable financial sources.

The Disability Opportunity Fund (TDOF) has formed a nonprofit organization (NPO) alliance with Families of American Military to combine their collective resources and bring together the private sector and government programs. Combining financial resources and integrating military family support with VA benefits programs, their aim is to deliver a home solution for our most deserving; those who have paid the price of freedom in the loss of their able body or mind from their sacrifice for our security. Affordable housing units must be created when these special needs heroes are forced to transition from institutional care into the community.

For more information on the DOF, click here.

Links:
Disability Opportunity Fund
Make a Donation

Families of American Military

The "Shelter Our Families" program will bring the current excess of housing inventory around the nation to bear, which is valued far below previous levels, to meet the demand of this very special and under-served population.

In one representative example, a special operations sniper was hit by enemy fire and wounded while in his fighting position. He was quickly attended by our world-class combat medics and began to be medically evacuated (medevac) when his medevac was hit by an IED. Initially listed in "grave" condition, his wounds so severe, he was not expected to survive. Weeks later, his condition began to improve and ultimately, he survived. His story is one of the most severe cases, but not uncommon among the thousands of survivors who are now severely wounded, disabled and homeless.

Severe cases that involve traumatic injuries, brain dysfunction, amputations, paralysis and severe burns may require solutions in the following 5 major areas most impacted by multiple disabilities:

• Mobility
• Transportability
• Home Care
• Occupation
• Housing

Unfortunately, nearly every community in America has felt the pains of recent fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. G9 Turf is proud to be in partnership with The Disability Opportunity Fund and Operation Shelter Our Families, and honored to be able to contribute resources to this worthy cause.

For more information on the Shelter Our Families campaign, click here.

Links:
Operation Shelter Our Families
Families of American Military
Make a Donation

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G9 Turf manufactures, installs, and maintains high quality synthetic turf systems that focus on the key components of Safety, Playability, & Durability. We are the "Player's Choice" within the turf industry, and our "Any Turf, Any Time" pledge means that G9 will maintain and rejuvenate synthetic turf fields for any manufacturer or for any fields installed, designed and maintained by any other turf services provider.

We know that your turf must offer safe, playable conditions every time athletes take the field. And when the turf requires maintenance, G-9 is prepared to support customers through our exclusive maintenance provision that guarantees:

• significantly reduced Gmax field rating that brings the turf into compliance
• safer conditions for athletes
• protection of your investment
• infill depth that offers uniformity as opposed to undulations
• cleaner, more robust infill
• re-definition of field boundaries and identifications

With high quality turf products featuring our own proprietary designs and technologies, G9's turf experts are dedicated to providing the best turf products and the best customer experience.