Fred Perpall, FAIA

As CEO of The Beck Group, Fred Perpall leads the firm's domestic and international design, planning, real estate consultancy, and construction businesses.

Fred is on the board of directors of FedEx and Starwood Property Trust. He is a part of the Dallas Citizens Council, where he served as Chairman from 2019 to 2020 and on the Board of Councilors for The Carter Center.

In 2019, Fred was appointed to the United States Golf Association Executive Committee. He will become the 67th president of the USGA in 2023.

Fred began his career in design and construction in 1996. He has been a registered architect since 2003 and, in 2016, was elected to the prestigious American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Fred earned a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. He is an alumnus of the 183rd class of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program and a former Americas Fellow at Rice University's Baker Institute.

A native of Nassau, Bahamas, Fred played on the 1994 Bahamian National Basketball Team. He lives in Dallas, Texas, with his wife, Abi, and daughters, Ava and Ali.