Mark Gilmartin
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Mark Gilmartin resides in Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

, is a co-owner of Hole In One International and Odds On Promotions, has extensive experience within the golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

 industry, and has competed at the national amateur golf level throughout his career.

Education

Gilmartin graduated from the University of Nevada
University of Nevada, Reno
The University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...

 (1986) with a Bachelor of Science
Bachelor of Science
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 in Business.

Career

Gilmartin kicked off his career in the golf industry in 1982 as President of Tournament Golf Specialists, a wholesale golf tournament supply company.

In 1986, Tournament Golf Specialists became M&M Management and broadened it’s scope to include golf course retail management and consulting
Consulting
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. M&M Management continued operating in this capacity until 1999.

In 1991, Gilmartin added to his business holdings by co-founding Hole In One International, a full service golf promotion s and prize indemnification insurance company. Soon thereafter, Hole In One International added a sister company, Odds On Promotions, to handle the non-golf promotion and prize indemnification requests it was receiving. Today, Gilmartin acts as President of both Hole In One International and Odds On Promotions.

In 2011, Gilmartin’s company, Odds On Promotions, faced public scrutiny regarding the hockey shot of 11-year-old Nate Smith of Owatonna, MN. Due to the fact that Nick Smith, Nate’s brother, was actually drawn to take the shot thus causing a contractual breach, Odds On Promotions was unable to pay the $50,000 claim. In light of the eventual honesty of the Smith family, Gilmartin opted to donate $20,000 to Minnesota Youth Hockey in the boys' names to foster a positive environment for present and future youth hockey in Minnesota.
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