Alumni Profile
Ron Langston
National Director of
Minority Business Development Agency
The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) has a budget of more than $1 billion annually to provide contract awards and monetary packages for minority businesses. At its helm is Ron Langston (B.A. ’74), the National Director of MBDA. Appointed by President Bush in 2001, he is credited with giving the agency an entrepreneurial focus that has improved its ability to assist new and existing minority businesses. Ron’s private sector experience includes serving as Vice President of Administration and Organizational Management for EMCO Enterprises, Director of National Markets for Principal Financial Group, and Vice President of the Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Federation. In the public sector, he has served in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as a Legislative Assistant to former U.S. Senator Roger Jepsen. He has long been active in Iowa Republican politics and has run for the Iowa Senate.
