Board of Directors

Alison Upton

Club President and Swim Committee Chair

Alison Upton and her husband, Travis, along with their three children: Madisyn, Camryn, and Bennett joined Olde Forest in 2015. Alison is a 2006 graduate of Elon University with a degree in Accounting. Alison went on to obtain her Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license and currently works as the Managing Director for KPMG LLP. 

All three of Alison’s children participate in swim team with her oldest being a Coach. Her daughters also swim year round out of Greensboro. Currently, Alison serves as our President and our Swim Committee Chair. The Uptons love being a part of the OFRC Community. Go Orcas!

Shannon Marshall Hughes

Vice President, Past Club President and Social Chair

Shannon Marshall Hughes joined OFRC in 2011. Shannon, along with her husband Dale, and daughter Cherokee, love coming to OFRC and enjoying all of it’s aspects. Shannon first joined the Board of Directors in 2021 as the Vice President. In 2022, Shannon served as the Club President and now serves as the past club president and social chair.

Shannon has a love for entrepreneurship and is the current owner of Pink & FIERCE in downtown Burlington where she teaches women’s self-defense and Kickboxing classes.

Kenny Winter

Treasurer & Resource Co-chair

Kenny Winter has been a resident of Alamance County for 22 years. He and his wife Marna, have two children, Scout (16) and Kiefer (14) who attend Williams High School. Kenny is currently employed by Orthofix, a medical device company. Their family initially joined OFRC in 2005, left in 2010, and came back for good in 2017. Kenny volunteers annually at OFRC for re-surfacing of the courts and spring clean-up of the grounds. 

He has always been passionate about tennis and played at Wofford College.  He has served as captain for multiple OFRC USTA leagues, including Men’s Spring 18s & 40s 4.5, 8.0 18+ Mixed doubles, Tri-level and Combo 18s & 40s. Currently he is serving on the Tennis Committee at ORFC. He has always enjoyed meeting members at ORFC and loves the opportunity to serve for 3 years to continue to bring this community together for relaxing at the pool, supporting our awesome swim team, playing tennis & pickleball and more importantly great times.

Nellie Angyal

Resource Co-chair

Robert Dove

Buildings & Grounds

Julie McPherson

Racquet Sports Committee Chair

Woody Pelton

By-Laws Committee Chair

Diane Smith

Membership Chair

Diane Smith and her husband, Chris, have been members of Olde Forest since 1985. They have four grown children who grew up spending summers at the pool. Currently two of them are Olde Forest members and their children are now enjoying going down the ducky slide like they did! Diane is a former tennis player who is passionate about pickleball. She is captain of the first OFRC pickleball team, Punchy Picklers, formed in the fall of 2022. They have won back-to-back Co-Ed 50+ Novice division championships.

Diane is a retired registered nurse who has served on several school and nursing boards and is past chair of the Burlington Day School Board of Trustees. She is a member of our Racquet Sports Committee and the Membership Committee Chair.

Paul Tapler

Member At Large

Paul Tapler is serving for the first time on the Board of Directors at OFRC, and will be Chairing the Social Committee. Paul, wife Amanda, and their two children, Jacob (13) and Abigail (9) have been OFRC members since 2013. They spend much of their summers enjoying the pool and play tennis socially and with USTA throughout the year.

Currently, Paul manages a Wine Importing and Distribution Company specializing in Italian wines, located in Burlington. Previously, he worked for nine years in the Private Country Club Industry. Paul hopes his knowledge and experience in club management will help support and benefit the OFRC staff and the social committee in planning and implementing fun and entertaining events for all our members.