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Ronald W. Williams

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​Ronald W. Williams was a member and treasurer of the Executive Committee of the National Western, as well as the Chairman of the National Western Stock Show Board of Directors. He was formerly the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Gary-Williams Company.

Williams began his career with Arthur Andersen as a staff accountant and moved on to Gary-Williams Energy Corp. as CFO in 1977. In 1983, Samuel Gary Oil Producer, Inc. became Gary-Williams Oil Producer, Inc. after Williams became a company owner. He owned and managed a cow/calf operation in southern Kansas.

Williams was a lifetime member and past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Children's Hospital Colorado and a member of the board of the hospital's foundation. He co-chaired the Board’s capital campaign that successfully secured the private funding for the new state-of-the-art hospital at the Fitzsimmons campus.
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Williams served for more than a decade on the Denver Public Schools Foundation Board of Directors, where he was credited with shaping and influencing education in Denver. His philanthropic involvement included serving on the board of the University of Colorado Hospital and being a member of the Colorado Forum.

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