Derek Nesland- President and Founder

          Derek is native to the Pacific Northwest, growing up in Vancouver, Washington. He was an all-state high school basketball player at Evergreen High School and then went on to play at Portland State University from 1996-2000, where he was an Academic All-American as well as an inductee into the 2006 Hall of Fame Class. Not only did Derek excel on the basketball court, but also in the classroom where he graduated with Highest Honors with a B.S. in Mathematics.

          After college, Derek had an opportunity to play basketball in 14 countries around the world.  It was these trips that planted the seed for Courts for Kids. “Those trips helped me see the universal impact sports can have, but I also saw a tremendous change in my own life through these trips. Since then, I’ve had a vision to take teams overseas and use sports to make a difference not only in distant parts of the world, but also in our own communities.”

         Derek is married to Selene and has two sons, Channing and Bryton.

Selene Nesland- Marketing Director

Board of Directors

Rick Dillon        Chairman

Kevin Ryan        Treasurer

Brett Wilkerson        Secretary

Sean Rybar

T.J. Samuelu

Maco Hamilton

Dawn Wilkerson

Mike Rakoz

Joe Lochner

Ashley Rybar

Mary Weishaar

Advisory Board

David Austen, CPA

Marty Johnson

Paul Van Gasse, M.E.

Steven Ellis, P.E.

Jeff Trautman, J.D.

Rob Closs