Fr. Ronald A. Mercier, SJ, is the Delegate for Formation for the Conference, helping coordinate the various programs from novitiate through tertianship. Originally from Massachusetts, he has served in many different localities. He received his doctorate in Christian Ethics from Regis College / University of Toronto. He taught ethics at Regis and was dean for 10 years, with special interest in the relationship between spirituality and ethics as well as questions of justice in health care.

After assisting in the spirituality ministry for the New England Province, he became rector of the First Studies community at Saint Louis University and was on the faculty there. He was named the first provincial of the new U.S. Central and Southern Province. After a sabbatical, he became Delegate in 2021.