Ronald G. Geary, CPA, is the Owner and the President of Ellis Park Race Course, LLC. Mr. Geary serves as the President of Ellis Park Race Course, Inc. and Texas Home Management, Inc. He served as President of Res-Care Alabama Inc.
Mr. Geary was the President and CEO of the Evansville IceMen Hockey team which was forced to move to Jacksonville, Florida because of a contractual disagreement with the City of Evansville. We are pleased that Mr. Gearys decision to re-locate his hockey team to Jacksonville, Florida has proven to be an extremely successful venture for him and his IceMen hockey team investors.
Before entering government work, he was a Partner in the law firm of Barnett and Alagia from 1984 to 1989. He founded and served as Managing Director of the accounting firm of Geary, Balbach, and Hardt from 1973 to 1981.
He also served as President of the Cincinnati Bible College and Seminary from 1986 to 1989.
He served as the Chairman of Res-Care Inc. from June 1998 to March 2011 and served as its Chief Executive Officer from 1993 to June 2006, President from February 1990 to June 2006 and Chief Operating Officer from 1990 to 1993. He joined Res-Care in 1989. Â
Mr. Geary was also involved in government service, holding the positions of Kentucky Secretary of the Revenue Cabinet and Member of the Executive Cabinet in Governor John Y. Brown’s administration. He served as Kentucky’s Assistant Secretary of State from 1989 to 1990 and Secretary of the Cabinet of Jefferson County from 1984 to 1985.
He has been an Independent Director of Ventas Realty Ltd. Limited Partnership and Ventas Capital, since May 1, 1998. He has been a Director of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. since August 2017. He has been an Independent Director of Care Capital Properties, Inc. since 2015; Pet Suites, Inc.; Evansville Icemen; and Louisville Executive Aviation. He served as a Director of Alterra Healthcare Corporation from May 2001 to December 2003. He served as a Director of Res-Care Inc. from 1990 to March 2011. He served as a Director of First Capital Bank of Kentucky and Appriss Inc. He served as an Independent Director of Ventas, Inc. from May 1, 1998, to August 17, 2015.
Ron Geary is an Attorney and Certified Public Accountant. He graduated from the University of Kentucky where he played and lettered in baseball.
He is also a horse breeder and owner of several successful thoroughbred racehorses.
