Executive Director Kathy Phillips. While Doc built the foundation of the ESA, Kathy has been at the helm for more than a decade now, and her stewardship has been as important as Doc's empire building. Her administrative, business and negotiating skills would make Doc proud. That, coupled with her dedication and commitment to the philosophical foundation of the ESA, gives the organization a leader of unparalleled excellence who commands the full respect of the surfing industry and media. She, like the Doc award winners, has worked, pushed, prodded and shoved the ESA down a long and winding road, and if you ask her why she holds on to an often thankless job, Kathy speaks for all of us when she says, "Because that's what Doc would have done."
