Trish Faulkner is President of the RSPA and recently retired as Tennis Professional Emeritus at BallenIsles Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. She was tournament chairperson of the 2014 ITF Senior World Championships and tournament director for the 2014 and 2022 ITF World Championships.
Previously, she was head tour director and marketing director for the WTA, and founded a sports marketing and special events corporation, Triosports International Inc., operating four Virginia Slims Women’s Professional Tour events. She authored The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Tennis and created a teaching manual and slideshow for the ITF in the Middle East. Faulkner captured multiple titles on the Women’s Tour, including the British Indoor Doubles and Mixed Doubles. She earned 36 U.S. national senior titles, ranked No. 1 in three senior divisions, became ITF World Singles Champion, and helped the U.S. win four ITF World Team Championships.