Chuck Walker
Board Member & Executive Director
Chuck Walker is a Board Member and the Executive Director of the I AM a Golfer Foundation (IAMGF), a nonprofit dedicated to revitalizing southern Dallas through golf. Since joining in 2019, he’s helped expand the organization’s vision while overseeing its day-to-day operations and exponential growth including a ten-fold budget increase to $2M, program expansion to over 450 participants, more than $1M in capital improvements advocacy, the production of Cedar Crest’s first-ever nationally-televised, multi-day broadcast, and partnerships with major corporations and community partners. In just a few, yet highly active and impactful years, Chuck and the team at IAMGF have truly become catalysts for community renewal and transformation in and around Cedar Crest GC.
Prior to IAMGF, Chuck served as a founding team member for The First Tee of Greater Dallas, a local chapter of the PGA TOUR First Tee Foundation, leading it to a dedicated $2.2M home base, expanded programming, increased participation, and growing it into one of the international nonprofit’s top rated outposts and youth development organizations. His leadership career spans both nonprofit and corporate sectors, including roles at The First Tee of Memphis, Montclair General Co., and Coca-Cola.
An honors graduate of Hampton University and a four-year scholarship and PGA WORKS Championship team member, Chuck remains active across the national scene as a consultant to the industry. Away from work, Chuck is a doting father to his young daughter, his community, his faith, and to his personal mission of creating positive change.
