TREASURER
Raymond Palacios
Chief Executive Officer, Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac
Raymond Palacios is chief Executive Officer of Bravo Chevrolet Cadillac Hummer as well as a Certified Public Accountant and earned the designation of Certified Financial Planner.
Before becoming the dealer/operator of Bravo Cadillac dealership, Mr. Palacios began his professional career with the certified public accounting firm BDO in 1984. He held the position of auditor where he performed audits of companies from various industries. In 1986, he accepted a position with the top 25, nationally ranked, real estate company, Perry-Houston Interests. He began as the Assistant-Controller for the company. He was soon promoted to Controller and within three years with the Company he was promoted to Vice-President. He is also the youngest person ever promoted to Vice-President by the Company.
Mr. Palacios has been elected and appointed to numerous professional advisory boards. In 2006 he was appointed to the Hummer Dealer Advisory Council. He was also appointed to serve as a District Director for the Texas Automotive Dealer’s Association and he was elected, by his peers, to the General Motor’s South Central Dealer council. He was appointed to the Board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles by Governor Rick Perry in 2011 and was been reappointed to serve a six year term by the Governor in 2013. He currently serves on the Board of the Community in Acion, the Board of the Council on Regional Economic Expansion and Educational Development, the Executive Board of the Borderplex Alliance and the Board of Capital Bank. He is a native Houstonian where earned his B.B.A. from the University of Houston in 1984.