Chef Cassandra Cotoia is the owner of Empowered Foodie, which offers several different culinary experiences, including personal chef services, dinner parties and cooking classes for both adults and kids. She spent years honing her skills after learning her trade at the Culinary Institute of America and knows what makes a great meal. Learn more at empoweredfoodie.com. more

Joy Walker is a Realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Florida Network Realty and has chaired the Riverside Avondale Preservation Home Tour for the past eight years. It’s the neighborhood she and her husband chose to move to when first coming to Jacksonville from Atlanta, and one she clearly enjoys telling people about. more

Maria Nili spent years as a tennis official with the ATP and has been an umpire at each of the four grand slam tournaments. However, she has traded in years of traveling around the world for a job as the director of pickleball at The Yards, which is now about two minutes away from where she lives. more

Cory Darling is the administrator for St. Johns County’s newest hospital, Ascension St. Vincent’s, which is set to open in July at C.R. 210 and I-95. Originally from Michigan, Darling and his family have lived in Ponte Vedra since 2017. more

Conner Battreall enjoys the changes he sees in people’s daily lives and in the way they feel as the owner of fit20 in Nocatee. He has experienced the unique approach to fitness as both a member and trainer prior to owning a business himself. more

Realtor Willow Logue is a tireless volunteer that local causes have come to rely upon. Living here for more than two decades, she has set an example for others to get involved and do their part. more

Darlene Riggs is one of those volunteers who ensure that THE PLAYERS Championship runs like clockwork every year. Her mission: keep thousands of other volunteers fed so they can effectively carry out their responsibilities — no small task, to be sure. A devoted PLAYERS volunteer for more than three decades, Riggs has been running Darlene’s Diner for most of that time. The food tent provides breakfast and lunch to the hard workers who ensure the tournament’s success. more

Kevin Copeland is the vice chair of volunteer services for THE PLAYERS Championship in 2022. Over the years he has seen firsthand the hard work it takes behind the scenes to make the tournament the marquee event that it is and charitable impact THE PLAYERS has had on the local communities. He is looking forward to interacting with both volunteers and fans at this year’s tournament. more

Matt Welch is THE PLAYERS 2022 tournament chairman. In the role, he will oversee the roughly 2,000 volunteers working the week of the tournament, which he is familiar with, having been a volunteer with the event for 15 years himself. more

Sarah Ferrer-Bruker is the owner of Bold City Dermatology in St. Augustine, where she gets to feed her passion of helping others to look and feel better while getting to the root of their skin issues. She was part of a military family that moved around a lot when she was growing up until they finally settled in Northeast Florida when she was in high school, and the area has felt like home ever since. more