Executive Spotlight: Carolyn McKnight

Carolyn McKnight took over as superintendent of BREC, East Baton Rouge Parish’s parks and recreation authority, on Jan. 30. McKnight comes to the job with 27 years of parks administrative experience, having spent much of her professional life with the Dallas Park and Recreation Department. The former Air Force second lieutenant says she wants to make BREC the parish’s “leisure service provider of first choice,” and that she’s actively looking for ideas, resources and strategic partnerships to reach that goal. Read the full Q&A with McKnight here. Here’s a sample:
Are there better potential uses for the land that currently hosts some of the lesser-used BREC golf courses?
“BREC is currently evaluating the potential opportunities for golf courses with low attendance. We will examine the feasibility of creating partnerships with other public and private sources to determine ways to maximize revenues not currently considered. We will work closely with our junior golf ‘First Tee’ program initiative to expand play on some of the challenged courses.”