Interview with Catherine Smart, Manager, Blue Mountain Village Foundation for Damon Allen Celebrity Golf Tournament-Canada

Today’s podcast segment features our guest, Catherine Smart, Manager, Blue Mountain Village Foundation, in the great nation of Canada. Catherine comes on the 321 Biz Development show to provide some details about the Damon Allen Celebrity Golf Tournament to be held on September 26-27 at the beautiful Blue Mountain Village Resort on southern Georgian Bay, about 2 hours northwest of downtown Toronto. I made a connection with Blue Mountain Village Foundation through colleague, Samantha Brookes, CEO, Mortgages of Canada located in Toronto. I want to thank Catherine, Damon and Samantha for allowing me to support this celebration and worthy cause. Let me give our listeners a brief bio on Damon Allen. And Damon is graciously invited as a VIP guest to do a pre-event podcast segment. Damon Allen, a native of San Diego, and brother of the NFL’s Marcus Allen, has been mentioned as one of the greatest CFL quarterbacks of all time after winning four Grey Cups with three different teams. He also was a three-time Grey Cup MVP. In 2005, he was the CFL Most Outstanding Player at 42 yrs. old, becoming the oldest MVP of any North American sports franchise. He was a formidable passer and rusher, as he retired only 323 yards behind his brother Marcus. In 2012, he was elected into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. In May 2010, Allen launched the Damon Allen Quarterback Academy, in which he personally teaches the skills and strategies of quarterbacking to students of all ages and skill levels. Damon still has a competitive spirit as he has transitioned his energies off the gridiron to a bigger stage of performance coaching, mentoring and philanthropy. Damon Allen is a world class speaker, speaking professionally around the globe on “Leadership Success from the Field to the Boardroom” with his award-winning speech, “Quarterbacking Your Way to Success: Lessons from the Gridiron.” Damon is also finishing his first book titled “The Whole Nine Yard” which he expects to be published by end of 2019.