BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. -- Dan Scavino, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Trump National Golf Club in Westchester Couny, New York has been selected by Golf Inc. magazine, as one of the world's "Most Admired Operators" and will be announcing this significant accolade in their May 2009 issue. Only 20 people were chosen, out of more then 16,000 golf courses represented worldwide. Scavino, 33, has been with the Trump Organization for the past six years.

Scavino, at the age of 30, was named General Manager back in the summer of 2006, when Donald Trump was quoted as saying, "I always knew Dan was going to run the club one day, Everybody loves him." Prior to that, he held various positions at the club.

Scavino, whose first job in the golf business was as a caddie and bag room attendant, at the same facility where he started: Trump National Golf Club - Westchester - while he was in high school and college. Scavino graduated from Plattsburgh State University in 1998 and has worked for Coca-Cola, where he had three promotions in four years, and in the pharmaceutical industry, with Galderma Labs located out of Fort Worth, Texas.

Scavino has received numerous corporate and community awards, including a Citation of Merit from the New York State Senate for outstanding citizenship. He has also been recognized by former President Bill Clinton for his diligent work on charity events. Scavino was recognized as a Forty under 40 rising star in the Spring of 2008 for all of his achievements, and was one of 40 adults, under the age of 40 to receive this distinguished award. He has worked very closely with charities and organizations over the years, such as; The Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation, Alonzo Mourning & Shaq O'Neil Charities, The Eric Trump Foundation, Easter Seals, American Cancer Society, Wounded Warriors, and hundreds of others. He is well respected among his peers in the industry for his leadership and passion for success. He is one of the youngest EVP/GM's in the golf industry today.

Trump National Golf Club - Westchester was recently voted the #1 golf course in New York by the American Academy of Hospitality Sciences, and also received top honors for their grill room. As a result of this, the club received the 2009 5 Star Diamond Award from the Academy. The American Academy of Hospitality Sciences is renowned worldwide for awarding excellence in the global travel and luxury services sector. Each year the American Academy bestows its coveted INTERNATIONAL STAR DIAMOND AWARD exclusively on five star establishments that are deemed to be of pinnacle quality. The INTERNATIONAL STAR DIAMOND AWARD is the most prestigious emblem of achievement, an award many strive for, but few obtain - Trump National Golf Club - Westchester has that honor.

Scavino is a member of the Club Managers Association of America, along with the Metropolitan Club Managers Association. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Plattsburgh State University College Foundation. Scavino lives in Hopewell Junction, N.Y., with his wife Jennifer, currently employed at Eli Lilly & Company for eleven years, sons Ethan and Justin, and two Portuguese Water dogs, Duncan and Emma. Some of Scavino's most memorable moments include winning two New York State Championships in football & lacrosse in the same year, and meeting Pope John Paul II in 1993 & 1995 - and along with that, goes being honored as a Top 20 "Most Admired Operator" world-wide, and award that he is honored to receive. Scavino could not speak more highly about his boss, and owner, Donald J. Trump - and the entire Trump family. Scavino also is thankful to have an outstanding staff - one that he claims is the best around.