Ron E. Jackson (HA 鈥�24)
President & CEO
Meadowbrook Golf Group
Ron E. Jackson (HA 鈥�24) is president, chief executive officer, and owner of Meadowbrook Golf, International Golf Maintenance, and Golf Ventures. Meadowbrook Golf owns and manages 68 golf properties throughout the U.S. and Caribbean, from private to semi-private clubs. International Golf Maintenance maintains 28 properties in the U.S. Golf Ventures is a turf supply company that services 400 courses in Florida and neighboring states, as well as hotels and golf resorts in the Caribbean. It is the largest Caribbean turf company.
For six years, Jackson served as tournament director and host of the Father-Son Challenge on NBC at Champions Gate, a course he built. Since 2001, he has completed successful openings of courses and clubhouses throughout the U.S.
Since completing REIT鈥檚 initial public offering in 2009, Jackson has served on the Pebblebrook Hotel Trust board as one of only six trustees, and he chairs the company鈥檚 compensation committee. Pebblebrook鈥檚 owned boutique hotels include properties in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Before joining Meadowbrook Golf in January 2001, Jackson was chief operating officer of Chartwell Leisure, a New York hotel owner, operator, and developer with 139 properties in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. He then served as president and chief operating officer of Resort Condominiums International, a Cendant company with 2,600 resorts in 109 countries. Jackson was also founder, president, and chief executive officer of Sunbelt Hotels and Sunbelt Hotel Management Company, the largest franchisee of Hilton Hotels in the U.S. for nine years. He developed several Hilton properties from the ground up, including the Hilton Houston Hobby Airport, Hilton College Station, Hilton Beaumont, and Hilton Wichita Falls. Sunbelt Hotels also managed Sheraton, Marriott, and other brands.
Jackson received a bachelor of science degree in finance and marketing from Brigham Young University and a master of business administration degree from the University of Utah and Stanford University.
A longtime supporter of Hilton College, Jackson was one of the first two members of the Hilton College Dean鈥檚 Advisory Board when Dr. Jim Taylor, the College鈥檚 founding dean, established it. He has served with every dean Hilton College has had.