General Chairman Guy Ruda General Vice Chairman Doug Froelich
Two long-time community volunteers will again take the top leadership positions for the 2018 festivities that will celebrate the annual enshrinement of the new class into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Guy Ruda will serve as General Chairman, while Doug Froelich will provide support and assistance as General Vice Chairman.
Ruda and Froelich will lead a combined corps of volunteers to help provide a world-class experience to the hundreds of thousands of fans who will descend upon Canton for the 2018 Enshrinement Festival, that includes Enshrinement Week.
Ruda, a 34-year volunteer, is an effective mentor, and provides leadership to his volunteer team by adhering to a favorite motto, "People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves." Ruda's service includes having time as the General Chairman of the Enshrinement Festival, Enshrinement Committee, and chairperson of Enshrinement and NFL Experience committees. Ruda and his wife Gail are the proud parents of David and Danielle.
Froelich graduated from North Canton Hoover High School, Kent State University, and Ashland University. A 27-year Enshrinement Festival volunteer, Froelich has served on the Hall of Fame Hospitality and Enshrinement Committees and the 50th Anniversary Committee, and has chaired the Balloon Classic Committee as well as chairman of the Security and Logistics Committee. Froelich's extensive volunteer efforts have been guided by his definition of volunteerism, "Giving of your time, talents, and resources without expectation of reward."