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OUR TEAM
Mike Matsinger
Founder
Mike grew up in Southern New Jersey and lived in and around
Atlantic City during college. He has always worked for himself,
primarily because who the h**l would hire him? He loves
creating new companies, playing poker and shots of just
about anything.
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Nancy Matsinger
Co-Founder/National Sales Manager
Nancy grew up in Brick, NJ and has years of experience in
sales and marketing as well as many years of experience
putting up with Mike...that alone qualifies her for almost any
position in any company. Nancy and Mike have 2 sons and
daughter (Brittany, Michael and Riley) who love playing poker.
In fact Michael won 2 online tournaments at the age of 4!
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Stephen Clossick
Controller
Stephen has been in Chapel Hill, NC since high school and
has worked with Mike at his chain of mattress stores. He has
also been the administrator for a local angel investment group.
Stephen is married with 2 children and is living proof that
there is an element of luck in poker!
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Kathy Kennedy
Executive in Charge of Keeping the ADHD Founder on Task
Kathy grew up in Thomasville, NC and then showed her
superior intellect by choosing to attend Duke University.
Go Blue Devils! She has lived in the Triangle area for the last
25 years. Kathy has been a stock broker and was a franchisee
with Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. She sold her stores a couple of
years ago and is still trying to figure out what she wants to
be when she grows up.
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David Keltonic
Art Director
Dave grew up in Richmond, VA and graduated from James
Madison University. He joined the WTP team in 2006 after
finding out about the position through Craiglist. He is
threatened daily with the reposting of the Craigslist job ad
if he screws up. Dave is married to his gorgeous wife, Julie.
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Yolanda Ortiz
Marketing Assistant
Yolanda grew up mostly in Clarksville, TN. Shortly after
graduating from UT Knoxville, she packed up her life and
moved to the triangle area. She then thought health
insurance and a steady paycheck sounded like a great idea.
After the WTP team figured out how awesome she was, they
hired her on as a marketing assistant. Yolanda also teaches a
mixed martial arts cardio class called Body Combat, so
watch your back!
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Rose Rollmann
Customer Service
Rose grew up in Steubenville, Ohio. She attended the
University of Steubenville, and graduated with a BA in MassCom.
She was a teacher in Tampa, then “retired” to raise her 2 sons,
Jamie & Patrick. In 1995 she moved to Raleigh. Rose started
playing World Tavern Poker at Raleigh Ale House-Creekside in
2005 as a way to get out of the house. Eventually, she
became a Tournament Director at O’Dwyers, and then Front Row.
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Hollie Watts
Party Guru
Hollie, Hunterdon and their six Australian Cattle Dogs moved to
The Poconos, Pennsylvania in 2003 from sunny Southern
California. Hollie "graduated" from Trenton State College after
six years of intensive drinking, game playing and bartending.
Hollie began playing World Tavern Poker in 2005, ran her first
games in 2006 and has been growing her poker family ever
since! Hollie's hobbies include camping, crafting and fighting
with Mike.
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G. Dull
"The G Man"
G grew up in Ocean City, NJ and still reside in the Atlantic City
area. He started playing World Tavern Poker around 2005
when we only had one bar in our area (King Pin Lanes). Now
we have over 17 bars in our area that feature World Tavern
Entertainment venues and we keep on growing. I have a
beautiful wife and two wonderful kids. I’m a diesel mechanic
for our local township since 1992…. retirement is around the
corner. Once I retire I plan on taking the South Jersey Region
by storm.
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Pete Zimmermann
VP of Sales and Operations
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Phil Mason
Regional Sales Associate
Phil is a lifelong salesman with over 8 years of experience in
many industries. He worked for Walt Disney World where he
was taught the highest level of customer service. Phil also
got engaged in June on the two year anniversary of their first
date and will be getting married in October of 2011.
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Jonathan Lensch
Customer Service Guru
Graduated from CCBC-Essex in June 2009 with an associate
of arts degree in general studies. Moved to Raleigh in
January 2010 with his then fiancé now wife Carolyn after
spending their whole lives in the Baltimore area. He recently
won the WTP Winter 2010 National Points Title and is looking
to take the next step in his poker career. Loves working here
at World Tavern Entertainment and believes this is his
dream job.
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FRANCHISE GROUPS
Central Jersey Franchise Owners
Matt & Marie McCarthy
After moving over 23 times in her life, Marie settled right back
where she started in her native state of New Jersey. Marie
met her husband while sitting next to him at a poker table.
Three years later on November 2 they were married on stage
by Reverend Mike Matsinger on Fremont Street at the 9th
World Tavern Poker Open. After over 11 years in Real Estate,
Marie and her husband Matt became WTP franchisees for a
New Jersey Region.
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Dick and Charlotte Macartney
Coastal Carolina Franchise Owners
Dick and Charlotte have been married for 40 years. Charlotte
retired from teaching High School History and Dick completed
a 40 year career in the Food Business. After playing poker in
World Tavern leagues for 3 years the opportunity to help grow
the brand in the Eastern Carolina market seemed like a fun
thing to do while supplementing a retirement income. We are
looking forward to helping more bars and taverns earn money
from Trivia and Poker.
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Patrick McGavisk
NC/VA Franchise Owner
Patrick grew up in North Carolina. After graduating high
school, he spent 4 years in the Marine Corps. He is a
graduate of Appalachian State in NC and Thomas Edison
State College in NJ. He spent 15 years in the education
field where he met his most awesome wife and business
partner Angela. In 2009 he and Angela made the decision
to become franchise owners with World Tavern Entertainment.
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Angela McGavisk
NC/VA Franchise Owner
Angela grew up in Richmond, Virginia. After graduating from
Longwood University she moved to North Carolina to work at
a Wilderness Therapy Camp to help troubled teenagers.
While there she met her husband, Patrick. After getting
tired of living in the 21st century with no electricity she
and Patrick decided to move to Raleigh - where Patrick
became a World Tavern Poker addict. When she finally
decided that she was not going to be able to rid him of
this addiction, she decided to join him.
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Chris Holcombe
Central Maryland Franchise Owner
Chris graduated from Stanford University in 1993 with a degree
in economics, which he hasn't used since. Instead he spent
14 years navigating the choppy waters of our nation's
banking and mortgage industries. After praying the
housing market wouldn't implode while he had his own
mortgage office for 3 years, he retreated to "stay at
home dad" status. During this time, he only left the house
for World Tavern Poker games.
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