Kennerly is a 37-year sports marketing and event management industry veteran having focused his career on professional athlete management, corporate consulting, PGA TOUR professional event development and management, and strategic corporate branding in the sports and golf industry. His strategic vision has been in the forefront of the industry bringing creative and innovative ideas to complex business strategies and assisting in multi-level marketing solutions.

Kennerly started his career in 1987, and over the last 35 years, he has worked and consulted for leading sports marketing firms including ProServ, Advantage International, IMG, and currently is President & CEO of K2 Sports Ventures, Executive Vice President for Pro Links Sports, Senior Advisor for PopStroke Productions, and Managing Director/Owner of The Palm Beaches Marathon.

In 2006, Kennerly resurrected The Honda Classic, a PGA TOUR event, and it has been well documented about the growth of the event under Kennerly’s tutelage transforming the event into one of the premier events on the PGA TOUR. Combined with this leadership and his executive role with Pro Links Sports, Kennerly is one of the more experienced executives involved with the management of PGA TOUR events and other sports event properties. Additionally, Kennerly heads up business development and sponsorship sales for PopStroke, a leading and innovative golf and entertainment restaurant business (co-owned by Tiger Woods), and owns The Garden of Life Palm Beaches Marathon which is a leading boutique marathon in West Palm Beach, Florida, in which he has transformed the race into a “must attend” event for runners both domestically and internationally.

Kennerly serves on multiple boards including Discover The Palm Beaches (Tourism), Palm Beach County Sports Commission, Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, Children’s Healthcare Charity, Inc., American Junior Golf Association (AJGA), The First Tee of Florida’s Gold Coast, Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches, The Owen Cheatham Foundation, and others. Additionally, Kennerly is a native of New York City, a graduate of The Choate School and Dartmouth College, and currently resides in Jupiter, Florida (since 1994) with his wife Kelly and they have two (2) children, Carly (26) and Charlie (25).