Ron Watkins has devoted much of the past two decades to the success of Gies College of Business students. The Gies MBA alumnus returned to his alma mater in 2007 to direct Illinois Business Consulting, the nation’s largest professionally managed, student run consulting organization. He has earned high praise from his time teaching in the MBA program, and he rose to the rank of associate dean of strategic innovation.
Watkins awarded University of Illinois System’s Presidential Medallion
Aug 23, 2021 Alumni Business Administration Faculty
Gies Associate Dean and Managing Director of SHIELD Illinois Ron Watkins has been chosen a recipient of the University of Illinois System’s Presidential Medallion in response to his aggressive, unparalleled response to the COVID-19 pandemic.