As a Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Executive Advisor and Fellow, Dr. Ronald Sanders supports federal clients in the areas of human capital, learning, and organizational transformation. He joined the firm after completing 37 years of federal service; 20 of those years were in senior executive positions.
As the U.S. Intelligence Community’s (IC) first chief human capital officer, Dr. Sanders played a key role in the establishment of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the integration of the IC. He also served as the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) first associate director for human resource policy, responsible for all policies and programs for millions of federal employees and retirees. Among his achievements at OPM, he led the creation of the Senior Executive Service’s revolutionary pay-for-performance systems.
Dr. Sanders’ other career highlights include serving as the first IRS chief human resources officer, where he was honored for his leadership role in the IRS’s landmark restructuring. He was also the director of civilian personnel policy for the Department of Defense, and founding director of the Defense Civilian Personnel Service.
While serving as deputy director of civilian personnel at the Department of the Air Force, he earned the prestigious General Robert J. Dixon Leadership Award—the first and only civilian to be so honored.
A finalist for the Service to America Career Achievement Medal, Dr. Sanders is also the recipient of the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal; three Presidential Rank Awards from three agencies; two OPM Theodore Roosevelt Awards for Outstanding Public Service; and the American Society for Public Administration Award for Outstanding Career Service. He and his ODNI team earned a coveted Harvard University Innovations in American Government award.
He attended MIT’s Sloan School of Management Senior Executive Program and completed a Congressional Fellowship with the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee. He taught at and directed research centers at the George Washington University and Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is an adjunct faculty member with the Brookings Institution Center for Public Policy Education, and sits on the board of the American Society for Training and Development.
A Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, Dr. Sanders earned his doctorate in public administration from GWU. He also holds an M.S. in human resource management from the University of Utah and a B.A. in business management from the University of South Florida.
profile posted March 2011
