Ronnie Bruno

Ronald G. Bruno is the former Chairman (1991-1995) and Chief Executive Officer (1990-1995) of Bruno's, Inc., a large Birmingham, Alabama-based supermarket chain. He is a co-founder and chairman of the Bruno Event Team, a Birmingham, Alabama-based sports marketing and event management company. He was a founder of the Bruno's Memorial Classic, now known as the Regions Charity Classic, a Champions Tour golf tournament. The tournament was founded in December 1991 as the Bruno's Classic, but several day later on December 11, a corporate jet carrying two of the founders of Bruno's, Ronald's father Angelo Bruno and his uncle Lee Bruno, five of Bruno's top executives and two pilots were killed when the plane flew into the side of Lavender Mountain during heavy fog upon its departure from an airport in Rome, Georgia. The group had been on an annual Christmas tour of its 241 supermarkets and was headed to its stores in Huntsville, Alabama when the crash occurred. Soon after the tournament's name was changed in memory of recently passed family members and Bruno's employees. In May 2009, Ronnie Bruno was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame as a Distinguished Alabama Sportsman.

In addition to his duties with Bruno Event Team, Ronnie has served as the President of Bruno Capital Management Corporation, a family investment company, since September 1995 and has served as a director of the Company since September 1992.

Ronnie graduated from the University of Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. As an alumni, Ronnie has served on the University of Alabama President’s Cabinet and as the Chairman of the Board of Visitors at the College of Commerce and Business.

He currently serves on the corporate board of Books-A-Million. He has been determined to be independent by the Board as defined by the listing standards of The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. ('NASDAQ').

"Our mission is very simple," said Ronald Bruno, chairman of Bruno Event Team, which is managing the tournament. "We want to create a Kentucky Derby-type of event here on the Mississippi Gulf Coast."

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