Norm Spitzig (aka Clive Endive Ogive IV) is internationally recognized as an eloquent and visionary leader in the worldwide private club industry. His groundbreaking book, Private Clubs in America and around the World, continues to inspire and challenge club aficionados as well as ALL people who simply enjoy a great belly laugh. Norm is also the author of four other books centered around the wonderful world of private club, Perspectives on Club Management, Murder and Mayhem at Old Bunbury, How Now, Norm’s Tao and Soul on Nice. Norm’s professional contributions to the global private club industry have been ongoing, varied and significant. Elected a national director of the Club Management Association of America in 1989, he served as national president in 1995—the same year he became one of the six original general managers to earn the prestigious lifetime Master Club Manager (MCM) designation. Norm has the singular honor of having twice been named the private club industry’s “Educator of the Year”. Before his recent retirement, Norm served as a Principal & Senior Partner in Master Club Advisors, a global firm that specialized in private club executive search, strategic planning and staff training. Norm now spends his time relaxing and traveling with his wife Cody, adding to his lifetime total running miles (currently 109,000 and counting), doting on his six grandchildren, and working part time at Cody’s wildly successful café, Cody’s on 4th, in Mount Dora, Florida. Read more about this authorRead less about this author