Alli Jarrett is a 25-year resident of Houston, TX and a native South Carolinian. She received a golf scholarship and graduated from the University of South Carolina. Her career started in her family’s wholesale business, Jarrett’s Specialty Co., that operated over 50 years, where she was sales manager and a buyer for 6 years, and held the role of VP Dorman Lure, Co.

Alli worked for the United States Golf Association for 14 years, where she directed national championships, managed multi-million-dollar budgets, and led the South Regional Affairs office, which included 7 states and Mexico. She is a 10-year hospitality veteran as the founder and owner of two restaurants, Harold’s and Low Tide in Houston, and she served several years as an At Large Director on the Texas Golf Hall of Fame board.

In 2017 Alli was named by The Leader - Leader of the Year and she was honored by National Association of Women Business Owners and Federation of Women as the 2019 recipient Woman of Excellence award. In 2022, the Texas Restaurant Association awarded her as the 2022 Restaurateur of the Year and the Houston Heights Association with the Corporate Citizen of the Year award.

Believing in community, Alli served as Senior Warden in 2020 leading St. Andrews Episcopal Church through the pandemic and most recently a successful multi-million-dollar capital campaign. Alli currently serves on the The Spirit Golf Association board, Texas Restaurant Association Board, and she is an alumnus of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program.

Alli’s hobbies include playing golf and scuba diving.