Raymond W. Monroe joined the Steel Founders' Society of America SFSA as Executive Vice President in 1988.  He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University, an M.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Alabama (Birmingham), and a PhD in Manufacturing Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic University.

Raymond supports the U.S. Department of Defense as a panelist for the Joint Defense Manufacturing Technology Panel- Metals Sub-panel. This panel reviews the DoD MANTECH projects for advanced manufacturing. He is the instigator for the Steel Performance Initiative, a DoD program to invest in advanced specialty steel technology for U.S., domestic producers to meet strategic DoD requirements.