After a 15-year tenure at Valley Brook C.C., he took the position of Golf Course Superintendent at Point O’ Woods Golf and Country Club in 1999, where he managed ten consecutive Western Amateur Championships, hosted by the Western Golf Association located in Golf, Illinois. Ron served on the Board of Directors for the Western Pennsylvania Golf Course Superintendents Association as Education Chairmen and Vice President. He also served as Treasurer of the Joseph M. Duich Endowment and Allegheny County Community College Career Development Committee. Ron graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in Turfgrass Management, is a Certified Golf Course Superintendent and 30-year member of the GCSAA. He is married (Chris) and has three grown children (Ashley, Jessica, and Stephen).