RON HULSEY

CHAIRMAN 1997

Mr. Hulsey has been the General Manager of Walden on Lake Conroe community Improvement Association, Inc. since January 1984. He moved to Conroe in 1984 with his wife Barbara, now a retired educator, and son Wade, now a student at Baylor University. Ron was born in Uvalde, Texas, the second of five children and grew up in Houston. Ron left college to serve four years in the military. He resigned his commission after service as a Captain in the United States Army Artillery with tours of duty in Germany and Vietnam. He began a career in the hospitality industry with Hotel Sonesta in Houston, Texas. Thereafter he had General Manager positions at resort communities with Horizon Corporation in Waterwood, Texas, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Birmingham, Alabama. He then was General Manager of two country club properties simultaneously, Bentwood Country Club in San Angelo, Texas and Oakridge Country club in Dallas, Texas. Ron became active in the Greater Conroe Chamber of commerce in 1994. He has served in several Chamber related and City of Conroe appointed positions to include The convention and Visitors Bureau, Arts and culture Council, Crighton Theatre Foundation and is the current President of the Conroe Industrial Development Corporation. He has served on the Chamber’s board for seven years. Ron is a 1996 graduate of leadership Montgomery County and has served on the board of the Leadership Alumni Association. He served as Chairman of the Board of the Greater Conroe/Lake Conroe Area Chamber of Commerce in 1997. He enjoyed assisting his son’s scout troop in various adult leadership positions for nine years. Ron is a certified Hotel Administrator and a Certified Community Association Manager. He is a charter member of Rotary Club of Lake Conroe and a Paul Harris Fellow.