H. Michael Bush

Location
Sarasota, Florida
Title
Ex-Officio, The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Foundation Board of Directors Vice-Chair

H. Michael Bush is president/owner of Home Resource, Inc., located in Sarasota, Florida. Bush and his wife Kathy are design and home furnishings industry professionals headquartered on Central Avenue. Situated within the boundaries of the city’s historic Rosemary District, the area represents Sarasota’s Design District with its collection of architects, interior designers, home builders and cabinet makers and showroom devoted to flooring, home entertainment, furniture and decorative accessories. Since 1995, Home Resource has been the place in Southwest Florida to shop for contemporary and licensed modern furniture. Over the last several years, the Home Resource showroom has also been converted into a “fridge theatre,” where live performances have been conducted. Home Resource has been Bush’s most recent business turnaround, where he has taken an essentially bankrupt company and successfully led it back to profitability and success. Bush has held senior executive positions in Europe and the United State for Exxon Mobil, Domino’s Pizza, Red Hot Concepts (Chili’s) and other smaller publicly traded companies. His specialty is start-up and turnaround environments. In addition, Bush was a key executive in the creation of the Mobil Chemical’s Global Petrochemical Operations. Bush is a licensed CPA. He has served on the boards of Sarasota Ballet, Sarasota Contemporary Dance, West Coast Black Theatre Troupe, Theatre Odyssey, SaraSolo, Sarasota Season of Sculpture and the Sarasota Architectural Foundation in addition to a 14-year term as the president of the Rosemary District.

Headshot of H. Michael Bush.