Tessa Judge joined Acushnet in December 2025 and was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary in January 2026. Prior to joining the company she was Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Helen of Troy Limited from August 2018 to November 2025, and before that worked as an attorney at the international law firm of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP for seven years. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Texas at El Paso and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.