B. Michelle Williams Email & Phone Number

United States

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

MassChallenge is a global, zero-equity startup accelerator dedicated to driving innovation and growth. I lead Texas' strategy to empower early-stage startups by providing access to capital, resources, and networks needed for scalable growth.Key Responsibilities & Achievements:-Lead MassChallenge Texas, driving investment strategies and scaling high-growth startups across the state-Developed and executed investment strategies, accelerating innovation across Texas with multi-sector collaboration-Integrate multi-sector collaboration, leveraging resources from government, corporate, and nonprofit organizations to support early-stage companies and scale impact statewide.

New York, Us

Providing strategic advisory services for public and private sector clients, focusing on business solutions, tech integration, and social impact strategies.Key Consulting Projects:-City of Dallas: Led the collaboration, fundraising, and launch of a regional small business accelerator, with a focus on supporting early-stage ventures and fostering innovation.-Comerica Bank: Provided thought leadership on $5M entrepreneurship accelerator focused on education for underserved communities.-National Urban League: Directed nationwide tech integration into public sector and workforce strategies for nationwide affiliate programs.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led the development and launch of Fintech in Action, a social impact initiative by PEAK6 Capital Management aimed at closing the opportunity gap in the fintech industry for Black students and professionals. Spearheaded strategic partnerships, coalition building, and program implementation across multiple states, driving significant industry-wide change.Key Accomplishments:-Spearheaded 'Fintech in Action,' a $3.2M initiative integrating impact investing to accelerate fintech innovation and startup development.-Led a 40+ CEO coalition in finance/fintech, forging strategic partnerships that drove investment and inclusion and innovation.165% growth over tenure.-Strategically partnered with national entities, orchestrated executive presentations, and achieved consensus among diverse stakeholders for key objectives.-Built inclusive learning and development cohort across 9 states and 60+ universities.

Evanston, Illinois, Us

Dallas, Texas, Us

The Dallas Entrepreneur Center Network is dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and startups by providing resources, mentorship, and community connections. Key accomplishments:-Led The DEC- South. Launched 3 entrepreneur centers in a public/private partnership focused on supporting small businesses, development and growth. -Achieved 120% capacity in Y1 with regional business incubator growth, supporting early-stage startups and driving investment readiness.-Secured $4.3M through cross-sector partnerships, overseeing community reinvestment grants and initiating programs in low-income areas.-Directed $1.4M initiative with J.P. Morgan Chase to tackle systemic challenges.-Empowered over 1,200 entrepreneurs during tenure and prominently featured in public speaking, panels, podcasts, and conferences.

Dallas, Texas, Us

Leadership ISD is an independent non-profit, which believes every child in Dallas should have access to a high-quality public education and that it is our responsibility as citizens to ensure it happens. There are many ways to impact student achievement, but our focus is on developing citizen leaders and empowering them to support public schools through informed action. -Consulted on strategy & expansion of organization’s stakeholder relationships including elected officials, school district leaders, business leaders, key government, and administrative officials. -Established and maintained corporate partnerships to procure and allocate resources to programs.-Initiated and developed an equity lens across all programming and curriculum.

Dallas, Tx, Us

The Young Leaders in Education (YLE) is an education, service and advocacy organization through SMU’s Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development. The mission is to facilitate opportunities for leaders of any age to improve the Dallas educational community by using their time and talent. The YLE supports the “Budd Center: Involving Communities in Education,” which focuses its efforts on the West Dallas community.

• Relationship Development. Support the expansion of organization’s branding by building relationships with school districts, business leaders, key government and administrative officials, as well as community members • Procurement and Development. Develop all contractual agreements, proposals, and expanded business plans with external partners. Procured contract with Dallas Housing Authority, Dallas Independent School District and Uplift Education. • Consultant. Responsible for measurement metrics, key learnings, reporting and evaluation of partnership impact to drive market share growth, brand awareness and incremental sales• Leadership. Provide guidance in the shaping and execution of the strategic agenda and provide oversight of multiple major-initiatives through effective leadership.

Created systems and operational structure for a start-up organization to help empower us in the mission of mentoring and tutoring within at-risk educational institutions.Responsible for selling and negotiating contracts totaling upwards of $1.2 mill annually to public, private and charter school executives, as well as building and maintaining strong client relationships between school district and company.Analyzed Federal and School accountability data to structure and manage successful enrichment programs for low-performing schools within the Dallas/Ft. Worth school systemsCreate and execute varied enrichment programs for clients which included tiered curriculum, student scheduling, end data analysis, and reporting as well as full staffing of 20+ supervisors and tutors to ensure a superior quality of services were rendered to client

Washington, Dc, Us

Summer FellowshipResponsible for variety of work supporting the Initiative and the Department of Education, including but not limited to:•Drafted initial proposal between the White House Initiative of Educational Excellence for African Americans and Ebony Magazine (Johnson Publishing Company) for collaboration on future projects, including nationwide community forums.•Managed Initiative blog/website as well as created graphics and blog info for website. •Managed Intiative's social media outreach program. Grew followers by 49% during short time managing. •Creator and Manager of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans Alumni Network•Headed various research projects including litigation reviews, social media trends, and educational best practices in minority dense cities.

Dallas, Texas, Us

LDISD Community Fellows Program - Ten month educational program providing business and community members with the in-depth knowledge, leadership coaching, and practical experiences necessary to be proponents of meaningful change in support of public education. Graduates of the Leadership DISD Community Fellows program are influencing changes to improve student achievement using their particular skill set, area of passion, and sphere of influence throughout Dallas County.​​

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Responsible for building strong company/client relationships with our Advantage clients which often included the retention of fragile accounts • Was able to grow 89% of baseline spend by 3-5% within 6 months utilizing methods such as soft selling and optimizing advertising to increase customer spend. • Worked as the liaison between sales, marketing, upper management and the client • Responsible for creating account summary reports for clients, Idearc Executives, and sales executives, analyzing in order to explain relevant data, and delivering them in a user friendly format • Exemplified the second-to-none customer service delivery for which Idearc values in all interactions with