Pictona Club, The

Lu Ann Kandt, a longtime physical educator in Florida, is the instructional program director for Pictona, a pickleball club in Holly Hill, Florida. She coordinates pickleball courses and clinics and has conducted numerous workshops to prepare physical educators to teach pickleball. She has been a PGA golf professional for 20 years, specializing in private, group, and junior instruction.

Mary Burns taught elementary school physical education in Edmond, Oklahoma, for 24 years and has been playing pickleball competitively for the last 8 years. She has a master of education degree in sports administration from East Central University and a bachelor of science degree in education from Bowling Green State University.