Public Service
Outside of AAA, Ronan is a volunteer, serving as a Member of Board of Directors and Executive Committee of "Snowball Express", a registered 501(c) 3 non-profit, assisting the families of servicemen and women killed defending our nation's freedom. As part of the team, he has helped plan and organize four December galas, where hundreds of Snowball Families are honored for five days and four nights with an all expenses paid vacation, two weeks before Christmas. Snowball Express Six was held December 8–13, 2011, in Dallas. In December 2009, Snowball Express was selected as ABC News 'Person Of The Week' and was featured as the last story in the series by anchorman Charles Gibson, one week before he retired. Dozens of other stories were done about Snowball Express on Fox News, CNN and other media outlets.
Ronan also served five years as a member and one year as Chairman of the Communications Industry/Faculty Advisory Board at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.
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