Kim Touhey - President

BBoP Member Since: 2003

Favorite Browns Memory:
Attending the game with my sister-in-law (a rabid fan!) on LeRoy Kelly Day! Awesome! Was sitting in the first row right behind Cleveland bench!! Also...banging on the old steel walls in the upper deck when they played Queen's "We Will Rock You"!!

"My name is Kim Touhey and I'm the current President of the browns Backers of Pinellas. I am SO honored to hold this position. I joined the club in 2003, as soon as I moved to Florida. Currently I live in Clearwater, but I was born and raised in Jamestown, NY. How did I become a Browns fan then you say? Quite simple... my dad was an avid fan way before the Bills even thought of having a team, so therefore, like most other Browns fans, I inherited my love for the Browns! I held season tickets for a few years back in the Sipe era and drove 2 1/2 hours each way just to see them play! My family has always teased me about being such a rabid fan, but I've bled Orange and Brown for over 40 years now and it's not going away anytime soon. GO BROWNS!!"

kim@brownsbackersofpinellas.org

Dave Ward - Vice President

dave@brownsbackersofpinellas.org

Rick Evans - Vice President

rick@brownsbackersofpinellas.org

Kristin Rippel - Treasurer

BBoP Member Since: 2006

Favorite Browns Memory:
I remember the Hall of Fame game that was held in my hometown. It was 1999 and the Cleveland Browns beat the Dallas Cowboys 20-17 in overtime. After a three year absence, it felt great to cheer for them again!

"I am currently serving as treasurer of BBoP and I manage the Browns Boutique. I was born and raised in Canton, Ohio, home of the Professional Football Hall of Fame. I grew up enjoying football in northeast Ohio and traveled one hour north to experience the Browns on Sundays. What an experience it was! Orange and brown everywhere! Die-hard fans cheering in Eskimo weather with icicles dripping off body parts! Wow! I was hooked! Everyone was family. Browns fans are loyal, passionate, tenacious, and so much fun! BBoP conveys that same Browns Stadium feeling. I'm proud to be part of this group and to share in its support of local and national charities - and of the Cleveland Browns, who will eventually win that elusive Super Bowl!"

kristin@brownsbackersofpinellas.org

Michele Evans - Secretary

BBoP Member Since: 1994

Favorite Browns Memory:
The year our club hosted a spaghetti dinner and Otto Graham attended. We raised a lot of money for Hospice, our charity at the time.

"I have been a Browns fan since the time when my memories began. I can remember my mom putting her signs and colors in the window every season (she was a very big fan). I grew up in Medina - at the time, it was a small town just south of Cleveland. Now it's a very crowded town full of people that work in Cleveland. When we moved to Florida we had no thought of joining a Brown's club - we figured we would become Tampa Bay fans. That certainly didn't pan out since their team had a worse record than the Browns at the time! We heard about the club from a friend of ours - at that time they were meeting at the Green Parrot in Largo. We have stayed with the club because of the camaraderie and because of all the great charitable things our club does. I became an officer so that I could affect and support positive growth for our club."

michele@brownsbackersofpinellas.org

Judy B. Goode - Keeper Of The Pound

judy@brownsbackersofpinellas.org