Ronald C. Williams, Director
Central National Technology Support Center
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fort Worth, Texas

Updated 09/16/2004

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 offices in the Central United States.

NRCS works directly with landowners to help protect the Nation's soil and water resources on private land in a voluntary, science-based approach. The agency also works in partnership with a broad array of state and local groups to sustain and enhance environmental quality.

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 NRCS operations within the state.

Williams began his 27-year career with NRCS 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 Area Conservationist 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 assess and develop a strategic technical support system for natural resources conservation.

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

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

September 2004