Roger Warren
President
Kiawah Island Golf Resort
Roger Warren, President of Kiawah Island Golf Resort, was elected to serve as the 34th president of The PGA of America from 2004 to 2006 and is a member of the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame. At Kiawah Island, Warren oversees a resort operation that includes the Forbes Five-Star and AAA Five Diamond–rated hotel, The Sanctuary; 500 villas and homes; five golf courses; a tennis center; twelve restaurants; and 1,500 employees. The resort’s Ocean Course hosted the 2007 Senior PGA Championship, the 2012 and 2021 PGA Championships, and will again host the PGA Championship in 2031. Warren came to Kiawah in 2003 as the resort’s director of golf before assuming the president’s duties in 2005. Formerly general manager and director of golf at Seven Bridges Golf Club in Woodridge, Ill., Warren has been a PGA member since May 1990. He quickly moved up the ranks of the PGA’s Illinois section as its secretary from 1992 to 1994, vice president from 1995 to 1996, and president from 1997 to 1998. He was named the 1998 Illinois PGA Golf Professional of the Year. Nationally, he has served on The PGA’s task force on governance and was elected to two-year terms as secretary of The PGA of America in 2000; vice president in 2002; president in 2004; and honorary president in 2006. A native of Galesburg, Ill., Warren graduated from Western Illinois University in 1972 with a degree in education. He earned his master’s degree in 1981 from Northern Illinois University. Warren and his wife, Mary, have a son, Michael.