Michele Williams
Interim Executive Officer
Director, Early College High School Initiative

Michele Williams joined SECME in July, 2002. Currently, she serves as Interim Executive Director and as Director of the Early College High School Initiative.

As Interim Executive Director, Michele leads the SECME National Office, located on the campus of Georgia Institute of Technology. The National Headquarters Office serves as the management and coordinating unit for an alliance of 110 school districts, 45 member engineering universities and more than 70 corporate and government partners nationwide. She is also responsible for overseeing a 5-year high school reform and community engagement project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates and W.K. Kellogg Foundations.

Mrs. Williams comes to SECME with a background in marketing and communications, professional development and community relations, having worked in management for American Express, and later as an independent consultant, serving clients including Gwinnett County Police, America Online, Gwinnett County Public Schools, Fred Pryor Seminars and others. She has assisted in the development community leadership, diversity and HR development programs in public and private sector. Her work with youth prior to joining SECME includes the development of life skills workshops on integrity and mentoring, career awareness programs and communications and public speaking programs for youth and teens.

In her community, Mrs. Williams has been instrumental in the creation of local community associations and a community senior center. She has served on the Board of Health and Human Services for her county, and is an active member and Board member of New Bethel A.M.E. Church, where she also volunteers as an interpreter for the hearing impaired.

A native New Yorker, Mrs. Williams earned degrees in English and journalism from Syracuse University. She relocated to Georgia in 1990 with her husband, Jon and daughter, Kristen.