Dr. Williams is a dynamic and accomplished executive leader, coach, consultant, speaker and author who is passionate about empowerment through professional and personal development. She has more than twenty years of progressive leadership experience in both secondary and post-secondary education, where she specializes in leading the academic affairs charge, which includes enhancing curriculum and instruction and building workforce development programs and pipelines. Currently, she is the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Chief Academic Officer at a small but mighty college.  
 

Dr. Williams is passionate about empowering others through spoken and written word. Therefore, she is a published author, prolific speaker and accomplished workshop facilitator who is also the founder of The Williams Development Group, a full-service empowerment firm.  Because of her extensive professional experience, Dr. Williams has a panoramic understanding of educational practices, leadership and change management in action and focuses her executive/career coaching and consulting efforts on supporting clients as they have an intentional presence, while they navigate change in both professional and personal contexts. She attributes her success to her intense love of learning, her energetic, upbeat, and positive outlook and her consistent efforts to inspire others.  

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Dr. Williams has won numerous awards, serves on a number of boards/committees, and has been a frequent conference presenter, as well as the author of a number of professional papers. Also, she has been a dissertation coach, as she graduated at the top of her doctoral class and received an award for outstanding dissertation.

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Speaker, Consultant, Coach, Author