At-A-Glance
Corporate Boards
All Involvement
- agilon health
- The Boeing Company*
- Warby Parker
- McKinsey External Advisory Group – Advisor
- Aetna Inc.*
- American Express*
- Envision Healthcare*
- Healogics*
- Johnson & Johnson*
- Lucent Technologies, Inc.*
- PharMEDium Healthcare Corporation*
- Syncor International Corporation*
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Member
- Cleveland Clinic – Board Member
- Committee for Economic Development/CED – Trustee
- The Conference Board – Chairman, Trustee
- MIT Sloan North American Executive Board – Member
- Peterson Center on Healthcare – Advisory Member
- Peterson Institute for International Economies – Trustee
- The Business Council – Vice Chair*
- Bipartisan Policy Center’s Commission on Positive Reform – Member*
- Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare – Chair*
- Healthcare Leadership Council – Chair*
- MIT Corporation – Trustee*
- NAF – Board member*
- Save the Children – Board Member*
- President’s Circle of National Academies
- The President’s Management Advisory Board*
* = Former
Business Keynote Speaking
Ron Williams speaks and consults with organizations seeking change. His speaking – whether to an enterprise leadership team, at top-tier forums, or before Congress – brings gravitas and a unique set of perspectives to any event. Ron works with organizers to customize a topic appropriate for each audience. Key themes he has addressed recently include:
Business Leadership & Transformation
“That’s Not Possible… Wait… We Just Did It!” Ron draws on his experience as a leader of Aetna’s billion dollar turnaround to share secrets to unlocking the discretionary energy of the workforce – increasing employee engagement and ultimately corporate profitability.
Value Creation in Healthcare
“Real Reform: The Serious, Mature Conversation We Should Be Having about Healthcare.” At a healthcare reform debate, Ron related how every set of stakeholders – physicians, hospitals, patients, insurers, med-tech companies, and government – can work together to improve patient outcomes, expand access, and increase affordability.
CEO Succession and Transition
The most important decision a board makes is selecting the company’s Chief Executive and ensuring a timeline and effective transition. As a Chairman, a Chief Executive Officer, and a current or former director of nine different publicly traded companies, Ron brings an insider perspective to decisions surrounding the way a board executes on its chief responsibility.
Patent
The patent Wiliams and his team received for developing a tool and software to help consumers understand the costs of healthcare by site of service and by physician practice.