Professor Williams teaches courses in leadership, innovation, and high-performance teams. She was the founding Academic Director of the Master of Science in Management Program and is known for creating innovative coursework throughout her time at Georgetown. Prior to joining the McDonough School of Business as a Teaching Professor in the Management Group, Professor Williams was a Professor of Practice for the Business School at Wake Forest University for five years, teaching leadership and organizational behavior courses in the graduate and undergraduate programs. She was also the Associate Vice President of Leadership Development for the University and in this role, taught courses in the areas of leadership, developing high-performance teams, communication, and design-thinking for the College and Medical School. Before teaching at Wake Forest, Professor Williams was the Founding Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research (CLDR) Leadership Laboratories, Leadership Fellows, and the Executive Challenge at Stanford University, Graduate School of Business. Over her five year tenure, she taught some of the Schools most popular electives and required leadership coursework. Prior to joining Stanford’s faculty in 2006, Professor Williams was the Faculty Chair of the Leadership Effectiveness and Development program (LEAD) and a Clinical Associate Professor of Management at the University of Chicago, Booth Graduate School of Business. A professor at Chicago GSB for six years, she taught in both the full-time and evening/weekend MBA programs and student evaluations consistently ranked her courses in the top tier at the School. In addition to her work in academia, Professor Williams consults regularly with Fortune 500 firms. She designs and implements leadership and management development programs for executives at firms in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. She continues to consult with organizations on developing leaders for senior management/C-Suite positions. Professor Williams holds a B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and an M.A. in Education from the University of Chicago. She and her husband are empty-nesters now and the proud parents of two adult daughters.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Teaching Professor, MSB - Management Area