Charlie Dismore is a native of Dallas, Texas.  At the age of 19, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps, retiring after 20 years’ service.  As an engineer officer, duty assignments took him around the world, some locations including Hawaii, Japan, Mediterranean Europe, and a year of combat duty in Vietnam.  During his last 8 years of military service, he managed the physical assets of two major government installations.

Returning to civilian life in Dallas, Charlie specialized in managing and leasing large real estate portfolios for well-known national firms: Trammell Crow, Lincoln Property Company, CBRE and Capstone Real Estate Services.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and master’s degree in Political Science. Charlie has taught management and business courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels for four colleges and universities.  

Charlie and wife, Sharon, are parents of three grown children and grandparents of six. Austin has been their home since 2004. He continues to operate his own professional speaking business (www.charliedismore.com) and recently began his own firearms safety and training company (www.texasffl.org).