Bob Jameson was appointed to the Fort Worth Transportation Authority Board of Directors by Councilman Carter Burdette in 2004 and is named Chair of the Board of Directors in 2006.
Bob Jameson began his career in the hospitality field in 1977 as a tram driver at the Santa Clara Marriott Hotel. He progressed from Front Office Manager at Marriott’s Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Ranch Mirage, California to Resident Manager at Camelback Inn in Scottsdale, Arizona for Marriott International.
In 1985, Jameson joined The Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, as Resident Manager and member of the founding management team responsible for development of the Four Diamond Hotel. He was named President and General Manager of the Worthington Operating Company in 1987. In 1999, The Worthington was purchased by Marriott International and was renamed the Renaissance Worthington Hotel. Jameson re-joined Marriott International continuing as the General Manager of The Worthington Hotel.
Jameson is a member of the board of directors of Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. the Fort Worth Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Cliburn Foundation, The University of North Texas School of Hospitality and Merchandising, the Fort Worth Transportation Authority (Chairman), and the Edna Gladney Foundation.
Jameson was born in Long Beach, California, and raised in Garden Grove, California. He graduated from the University of San Francisco in 1976, with a Bachelor of Arts in History. While he was working at the Camelback Inn he met Anne Milder of Iowa and married her in November 1985. They are the parents of four children, Bradley, Simone, Mackenzie, and Andrea Jameson.
Bob gives generously and enthusiastically of his time, energy, and resources to transportation and community issues.
