Ron Williams is self-employed and past Chairman of the Western Stock Show Association. He is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Gary-Williams Company. Ron was with Arthur Andersen & Co. in Denver before joining Samuel Gary Oil Producer (later Gary-Williams Energy Corporation) as Chief Financial Officer in 1977. He received his B.A. in Business Administration in 1967 from Kearney State College, Kearney, Nebraska and his M.A. in Management in 1969 from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Ron is currently Vice Chair of the Capital Campaign Committee which supports the fundraising efforts for the new National Western Center. Along with his ties to the ranching community and his strong leadership within the Denver business community, Ron is a long time member of the board of directors of Children’s Hospital and the Children’s Hospital Foundation, where he co-chaired the capital campaign that successfully secured the private funding for the building of the new Children’s Hospital on the Anschutz Medical Campus. Ron also serves on the board of the University of Colorado Hospital.

Ron and his wife, Cille, live in Denver. They have three children and seven grandchildren.