CIAA Hall of Fame Members

Ronald Davis

Ronald Davis

  • Class
  • Induction
    2009
  • Sport(s)
    Football

Virginia State University

Ronald W. Davis has distinguished himself, both as a successful former professional athlete in the National Football League and as a sought-after senior executive in several important marketing, administrative and financial positions.

Davis received a football scholarship from Virginia State University where he received his undergraduate and masters degrees. He was selected as an All-American Football Player in 1972 and was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. Mr. Davis played professionally with several teams including the St. Louis Cardinals and Atlanta Falcons.  In 1974, he was a member of the NFL Eastern Conference Championship team, the St. Louis Cardinals.

Ronald was inducted into the Virginia State University Sports Hall of Fame in 1989. 

Davis has had a great career off the football field.  Mr. Davis' business career is highlighted as a Banker-Branch Manager and Bank Officer with United Virginia Bank (now Sun Trust Bank) in Richmond, Virginia.  Ronald's hospitality career started with the Metropolitan Richmond Convention and Visitors Bureau as a top executive, and has led him to positions including President and CEO of the Oakland California Convention and Visitors Bureau and Authority, President of the Western Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, Senior Vice President of the San Mateo County Convention and Visitors Bureau and Executive Director of the San Francisco Taxi Cab Commission.  His most recent appointment was as the Senior Vice President of Sales Marketing and Customer Satisfaction of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority.