Ronald E. Hall
Director, Detroit Chair, Term: 2020-2022, 2023, 2024-2025
About
Ron Hall is President and Chief Executive Officer at Bridgewater Interiors, LLC. Bridgewater is an automotive interiors manufacturing firm, specializing in just-in-time assembly, sequencing, and delivery of seating systems. It employs more than 2,200 people at four facilities in the U.S. Hall has been with the company in various roles of increasing responsibility since 2007, succeeding his father, company founder Ron Hall, Sr., in 2015.
A lawyer by training, Hall spent the first several years of his civilian career as a Detroit-based associate attorney in the corporate finance practice group at the Dykema law firm. He earned his Juris Doctor degree at the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a Darrow Scholar, received the Book Award for excellence in Administrative Law, and served as an associate editor on the Michigan Journal of International Law.
Hall holds a Bachelor of Science degree in International Political Economy from the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, and served several years on active duty as a field artillery officer in the US Army. He attained the rank of captain and, among other awards, was decorated for meritorious service in the Persian Gulf War.
In addition to various business pursuits, Hall sits on multiple civic and charitable boards, where he holds additional leadership and committee positions, including the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Detroit Branch; Business Leaders for Michigan; Detroit Regional Chamber; Skillman Foundation; Corewell Health; MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association; and Grand Valley State University.
Hall’s interests include history and political affairs, the various pursuits of his four children, and fitness running.