BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Biographies

Ron Hinze

Ron Hinze is the son of a Baptist preacher/associational missionary; a member, deacon, and Sunday School teacher at the First Baptist Church in Buena Vista.

He currently serves as the Senior Vice-President of Small Business Development, the Drugs Don’t Work Program and the Business One Stop Shop (BOSS).

Ron served in the U.S. Army from 1967 – 1971 as an Infantry Company Commander and spent a year in Vietnam from. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain, in May, 1971 and began a career in Fort Worth, Texas as a Certified Financial Planner with American Express Financial Advisors, Inc. He came District Manager and worked there until 1989 when he moved to Columbus.

He serves as Treasurer of the Board of Directors of TIC Federal Credit Union, is a member of the Advisory Board of the Columbus Tennis Association, is a member of CB&T Community Resource Center Advisory Board.

He served as a member of the Board of Regions U. S. Chamber of Commerce Southeast Institute for Organization Management at the University of Georgia, and a board member of the Urban League of Greater Columbus.

In 1997, he was elected Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Valley Partnership which is a local six-county, three-city economic development partnership.

A graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management, Ron serves on the Executive Committee and Secretary of One Columbus.

He is married to Trisha and has one son, one step-son and daughter-in-law with granddaughters and one grandson.