As the first New England PGA Section member to ever ascend to the office of PGA President, Jim Remy, PGA, will lead The PGA of America as it trumpets the vitally important role PGA members play throughout the industry, especially as a golf employer’s most valuable asset for economic growth and development, and as a consumer’s trusted source for golf instruction, information and advice.

An accomplished and highly regarded golf businessman, Remy holds the distinction of having served in virtually every capacity within the areas of Association governance, including an unprecedented six-and-a-half year term on the National Board of Control, which reviews and rules on membership issues. He was named to the Board in 1997, to finish the term of William A. Mitchell, who passed away, and was then named to his own term in 1999. Remy took part in nearly 1,200 decisions during his tenure.

By 2004, Remy was elected national PGA secretary, serving a two-year term, until his election to PGA vice president in 2006, and then PGA president in 2008.

Remy has served in almost every capacity within the New England PGA Section as well, including as the Section’s president from 1995-97. Among various awards, he was named the 1997 New England PGA Golf Professional of the Year and inducted into the New England PGA Section Hall of Fame in 2008.

A PGA member since 1984, Remy is the vice president and general manager of the Okemo Golf Division at the Okemo Valley Golf Club in Ludlow, Vt. He began his career at Worcester (Mass.) Country Club, site of the first Ryder Cup played in the United States. He served as a PGA assistant professional at Worcester Country Club and Mount Pleasant Country Club, two of Massachusetts’s premier private facilities.

After accepting the PGA head professional position at Killington Golf Resort in Vermont in 1985, he went on to become the PGA director of golf and summer sports, and eventually the PGA director of golf for the Vermont Divisions for S-K-I Ltd.

In late 1997, Remy accepted a position with Okemo Mountain Resort and became responsible for the construction and development of the Okemo Valley Golf Club. Today, as vice president and general manager of the Okemo Golf Division, he is responsible for all aspects of one of New England’s leading membership and resort facilities.

Remy and his wife Darlene have a daughter, Niki.