As President & CEO of the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc. (USBC), Ron Busby, Sr. brings

business management skills as well as a lifetime of community development experience to

the organization. Mr. Busby is a former successful business owner himself, and he has

been recognized as one of the nation’s best CEOs.

As a graduate with honors, from both Florida A&M University and Clark Atlanta University,

Busby frequently extolls the importance of higher education. He continued to advance his

scholarly pursuits by attending the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, a

Dartmouth College graduate program for minority and women-owned businesses.

Previously, Ron served on the Pfizer Small Business Council, National Newspapers

Publishers Association Foundation Board of Directors, and White House African American

Leadership Council. He has also formerly served on the U.S. Small Business

Administration’s (SBA) Council on Underserved Communities.

Trained by some of the country’s leading corporate executives, Ron developed his skills at

some of the nation’s largest corporations including Exxon, Xerox, IBM, and Coca-Cola USA.

While in corporate America, he was recognized as National Salesperson of the Year. Ron

also has chamber experience, as he was previously the President of the Greater Phoenix

Black Chamber of Commerce for five years.

A native of Oakland, California, Ron has dedicated himself to the empowerment of the

Black community. Ron is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. Ron currently lives in the

Washington, D.C. area, and has two sons, the youngest of whom unexpectedly passed

away in 2021.