Roger Warren, president of the Kiawah Island (S.C.) Golf Resort, is an accomplished leader who brings a strong background in education to growing the game to the office of PGA Honorary President. Warren, a former high school teacher who coached basketball and golf for 18 years, was elected to PGA membership in 1990, and served as the 34th President of The PGA of America from 2004-2006.

Warren was also a member of the Golf Professional Training Program (GPTP) faculty for three years. In 1996, he served on the task force that developed CareerLinks, The PGA of America's job identification service. Warren's golf shop at Seven Bridges Golf Course in Woodridge, Ill., was named one of "America's 100 Best Golf Shops" in 1991, '96, '97, '98 and '99 by Golf Shop Operations magazine. He was named the Illinois PGA Section's Merchandiser of the Year for Public Facilities in 1992.

Warren, who is certified in General Management, won the Illinois Section's Bill Strausbaugh Award in 1992, '93, '94, '96 and '97, and was the Illinois Section PGA Golf Professional of the Year in 1998.

Warren served the Illinois PGA Section as secretary from 1992-94, vice president from 1995-96 and as president from 1997-98. He served as a member of the Illinois PGA Foundation Board of Directors and the Hook-A-Kid on Golf Foundation Board of Directors. He is also a past vice president of the Illinois Junior Golf Association.

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. From 1973-86, he worked for the Dundee (Ill.) school system and worked summers at The Village Links of Glen Ellyn. He assumed his present position on April 1, 2003.

Warren and his wife, Mary, have a son, Michael.