Ronald Langston

President & CEO

515-421-4045 | RNL@FUELIowa.com

Ronald N. Langston is the President and Chief Executive Officer of FUELIowa.

Langston worked in Washington D.C. as a Senior Consultant and Director of Small and Medium Enterprises with The Stevenson Group, as well as Principal Consultant for Langston Global Enterprises, LLC. While in the nation’s capital, Langston served two administrations with a presidential appointment to the U.S. Department of Commerce and served as the first National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency and initiated the U.S. Commerce Global Minority Enterprise Initiative. He also served as a Special Assistant in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

During his previous time in Iowa, Langston was appointed by the Governor to serve as Iowa State Transportation Commissioner at the Iowa Department of Transportation. He also worked as Vice President of Administration and Organizational Management for EMCO Manufacturing, Statewide Economic Development Director for the Institute of Social and Economic Development, Director of National Marketing for the Principal Financial Group, and Vice President of Governmental Affairs for the Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce Federation.

Earlier in his career, Langston worked as a Legislative Assistant for the U.S. Senate and as a Research Analyst for the Iowa Legislative Services Bureau. Langston has a Master’s in Public Administration (MPA) from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also earned a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College at City University of New York, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Iowa.