Ronnie Williams recently retired as Vice President for Student Services and Institutional Diversity at the University of Central Arkansas. He pioneered the university's first Minority Mentorship Program, developed comprehensive minority student recruitment and retention programs, and designed cultural enrichment programs that included student-faculty tours to seven African countries.

Ronnie was the first person of color to serve as the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce chair and the first person of color on the Conway Development Cooperation Board. In addition, he served as the Chairman of the Arkansas Educational Television Commission and as a member of the Arkansas Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct, the Arkansas Community Foundation Board, and many other organizations and groups.

Ronnie holds a B.A. from Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, and an M.S.E. from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas. In addition, he has completed coursework for his Doctorate in Higher Education Administration at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas.