Location Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Ron Kitchens is the Chief Executive Officer of Southwest Michigan First, as well as the General Partner of the Southwest Michigan First Life Science Fund. He is the author of Community Capitalism: Lessons from Kalamazoo and Beyond, writes a monthly business column in Business Review and speaks to business and professional groups throughout the
nation.
Throughout his nearly 25-year career in economic development in Michigan, Texas and Missouri, Ron has worked with more than 200 Fortune 500, international or regional corporations as diverse as GE Capital, Aker, Celanese, Scholastic, Kiewit Offshore Services, Boeing, Exxon Mobil and Ryan Sanders Baseball.
In addition to his broad-based experience, Ron has successfully started and operated multiple privately held companies. He was elected as a city councilman at the age of 21 in his hometown of Ozark, Missouri and served as a staff member to United States Senator John Danforth.
