Frank Williams Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

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Led the Mission during a period of historic growth in resources, while leading a major acquisition and building renovation project to significantly expand the Mission's residential and food programming capacity, while adapting the Mission's operating model in response to the Pandemic.

Provided leadership to all BRM financial functions, managing financial and regulatory accounting, budgeting, and treasury functions. Established clear and comprehensive financial reports for management and the board; reorganized the Finance Department; initiated organizational SWOT analysis to provide strategic direction for BRM’s organizational effectiveness journey; retooled BRM All- Staff meetings to focus on training and organizational effectiveness; lead the “One BRM Way” initiative with support of management and the board; and fully engaged in the acquisition, financing, renovation and fundraising for the newly acquired 725 Park Avenue building.

London, Gb

OVERVIEW:* Brought in to stabilize and direct WVI’s NY office and serve as a passionate voice for vulnerable children/communities to the diplomatic community.KEY INITIATIVES:* Established an office of order, staff trust, and harmonious functionality within four months of hire. * Represented WVI’s interests with the U.N. and related multilateral entities, diplomatic missions, corporations, foundations, major donors, and peer organizations.* Implemented tracking tools to improve efficiencies (e.g., tool that enabled all WVI participants to instantaneously report on major events (UN General Assembly Week; Commission on Status of Women, including new contacts and follow-up efforts). * Positioned WVI as a trusted partner with deep expertise for multilateral/bilateral engagements. * Furthered WVI’s commitment to Sustainable Development Goals with a particular focus on the most vulnerable. * Identified disruptive and scaling innovations relevant to WVI by scanning NY and Silicon Valley domains. Connected findings to WVI’s entities worldwide.* Introduced design of new ideation platform and 35 other new innovations to WVI’s global community.* Led sessions to unleash field staff to innovative for enhanced organizational and community outcomes.* Recommended to WVI executives to have senior level staff to periodically serve in temporary roles or as volunteers as part of an internal Peace Corp field initiative. Modeled this innovation for colleagues for several years.

London, Gb

OVERVIEW:Directed Quick Wins Team and Global Project Management Office (GPMO) involved in governance, strategy, and programming innovations. KEY INITIATIVES:* Focused efforts on increasing WVI’s sustainable impact in communities and on improving its organizational effectiveness and employee experience and more efficiently stewarding donor resources. * Led GPMO in driving WVI through of its most significant change processes in its history.* Effectively balanced political will, resource commitments, and the capacity of WVI entities to absorb change while engaging leaders across all WVI entities. * Partnered with teams on design, change management, analysis of organizational efficiencies, pilots, and scaling of systemic changes in WVI governance and strategic processes, enterprise systems, and program models. Directed team in designing and implementing changes to several workplace areas (finance, back office accounting, procurement, field processes), which saved WVI offices millions of dollars and thousands of hours of staff time.* Positioned WVI to more effectively leverage its rich heritage while making critical resource allocations and strategy and governance adjustments to move forward as an organization and as a brand more efficiently.

London, Gb

OVERVIEW:Directed a senior management team, programs involving private, foundation and government funding, advisory board, strategy development, government relations, legal issues, audit response matters, and resource acquisition for operations covering 20 sub-regions in Haiti. KEY INITIATIVES:* Immersed in and navigated through earthquake disaster situation involving national crisis, partially destroyed headquarters, loss of staff’s families/homes, and personal emergency searching for family members among ruins of collapsed apartment complex.* Acted as advocate and leader to the national office staff and programs while receiving earthquake response teams and WVI’s leaders from around the world. Championed new vision for a “Haiti 2.0” to emerge from humanitarian disaster. * Advocated for the people of Haiti in national and international meetings. Served as organizational interpreter among all WVI’s offices.* Innovated new approach to collaborate with World Vision Dominican Republic on strategic matters focused on environment, health, and human trafficking (plans were put on hold after earthquake).* Designed and launched organization’s first pension plan with catch-up mechanism to encourage and improve morale of all Haiti staff.* Designed and implemented simple, one-page monthly scorecard for programs and special projects to provide staff with a quick view of operations, spending, and key metrics.* Partnered and collaborated with Harvard Business School to gather key NGO leaders, community representatives, and national business leaders in Haiti to discuss its future. Deepened understanding and mutual respect among stakeholders.

OVERVIEW:Directed Quick Wins Team and Global Project Management Office (GPMO) involved in governance, strategy, and programming innovations. KEY INITIATIVES:* Focused efforts on increasing WVI’s sustainable impact in communities and on improving its organizational effectiveness and employee experience and more efficiently stewarding donor resources. * Led GPMO in driving WVI through of its most significant change processes in its history.* Effectively balanced political will, resource commitments, and the capacity of WVI entities to absorb change while engaging leaders across all WVI entities. * Partnered with teams on design, change management, analysis of organizational efficiencies, pilots, and scaling of systemic changes in WVI governance and strategic processes, enterprise systems, and program models. Directed team in designing and implementing changes to several workplace areas (finance, back office accounting, procurement, field processes), which saved WVI offices millions of dollars and thousands of hours of staff time.* Positioned WVI to more effectively leverage its rich heritage while making critical resource allocations and strategy and governance adjustments to move forward as an organization and as a brand more efficiently.

New York, Us

Participated in tax-exempt bond financings, as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel, for hospitals, retirement centers and universities throughout North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. Also served as counsel to a small venture capital firm in addition to public finance representations.

Richmond, Virginia, Us

OVERVIEW: Served as an attorney at a global law firm that has been in service to clients for more than 100 years, representing clients throughout the U.S. and around the world. KEY INITIATIVES:* Worked as public finance attorney and served as counsel to a small VC firm in addition to public finance representations.* Participated in approximately 100 tax-exempt bond financings, as bond counsel and underwriter’s counsel for hospitals, retirement centers and universities throughout NC, MD, VA, and Washington, DC.* Performed due diligence review of 40+ multimillion-dollar construction projects.* Built consensus among all stakeholders (underwriters, banks, accountants, consultants, local government entities) to work in concert through meetings, board actions, and public hearings under time constraints.

Doctor Of Law - Jd

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administation And Accounting