Central National Technology Support Center Staff

Ronald C. Williams

Director,  Central National Technology Support Center

Updated 05/29/2007

Ronald C. Williams became Director of the Central National Technology Support Center in Fort Worth, Texas in July 2004. In this position, he is responsible for managing the development of technical tools and providing technology support for USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) offices in the Central United States.

Background

Prior to this position, he was State Conservationist in Michigan from 2000 to 2004. As State Conservationist, he was responsible for the direction and management of all NRCS operations within the state. 

Williams began his 30-year career as a student trainee in Burlington, Iowa. He served as a Soil Conservationist in Council Bluffs, Iowa, from 1978 to 1979. In 1979, he was promoted to District Conservationist in Anamosa, Iowa, and served in that capacity until he was promoted to the Area Conservationist position in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1992.

He was promoted to Regional Operations Management Coordinator in NRCS’ Midwest Regional Office in Madison, Wisconsin in 1995. Two years later; he was promoted to Regional Strategic Planner in the same office.

Williams has also performed numerous special assignments during his career. He provided technical assistance to the Senate Agricultural Committee during the 1996 Farm Bill debate while on detail on Capitol Hill. In 1999, he was a member of an interdisciplinary team that visited South Africa and assisted that country’s National Department of Agriculture to assess and develop a strategic technical support system for natural resources conservation.

Education

Williams, a native of Humphrey, Arkansas, earned a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.

Interests

He has received numerous awards during his career, including a USDA Honor Award for Excellence in 1998. He is a member of several organizations including the Soil and Water Conservation Society, the National Organization of Professional Black NRCS Employees, and Gideons International.

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