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Roy Williams is the current Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts Of America . He is the tenth person to hold that position.

Williams took the position in 2000. Prior to that he was a BSA district executive (Abilene, Texas), finance director (Little Rock, Arkansas), and local council Scout executive for the Jayhawk Area Council in Topeka, Kansas, and later the Narragansett Council in Providence, Rhode Island. He has also served as Boy Scout Program Division Director and most recently, Western Region regional director.

Williams graduated from University of Texas-Arlington in 1971 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.

He is a veteran of the United States Air Force .

Williams was a Scout while a youth in Dallas, Texas.

He is a Chief in the Tribe Of Mic-O-Say , an honor society within the BSA.

He is a Vigil Honor member of the Order Of The Arrow , and a receipient of the Order's Distinguished Service Award

''The Nonprofit Times'', a publication covering the field of nonprofit management, named Williams as one the nation's top 50 outstanding leaders of nonprofit organizations for 2005.


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