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 the 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. He currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area and has two sons, the youngest of whom unexpectedly passed away in 2021.