DuBose Conference Center in Monteagle has a new executive director, J. Ernest Walker IV, according to Brad Almquist, chairman of the board of the center.
Growing up, Walker spent many summers on the beautiful tree-shaded DuBose campus where his grandparents, Winnie and Ernest Walker Jr., were the resident caretakers of the facility. He returns to DuBose from a 20-year career in healthcare administration and management consulting.
“The DuBose board of directors engaged in a thorough search process that gleaned more than 60 résumés, and Ernest’s business experience in end-to-end management was a major factor in our decision,” said Almquist. “But his knowledge of DuBose and its history, his skills set and his ideas for DuBose’s future are a perfect fit.”
“I grew up in the shadow of the DuBose bell tower, was a camper and later a camp director for Camp Gailor-Maxon, and have many happy memories of serving the Tennessee Laymen’s Conference crowds over the years,” said Walker.
Walker succeeds DuBose’s Kim Agee, whose hospitality, dedication and attentiveness has welcomed, fed, housed and delighted thousands of DuBose guests through the years.
Almquist noted that Walker will hit the ground running because DuBose has a healthy roster of upcoming conferences, retreats, meetings and celebrations booked for the late summer and fall.
Guests will see numerous new improvements to the facility, including newly refurbished meeting rooms, new seating and audiovisual systems in the large chapel, cabin expansions, a newly installed Rogers electronic organ and Wi-Fi throughout the public areas.
For more information about DuBose, go to < www.duboseconferencecenter.org>.
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