Ada Renée Williams
Silver Spring
Summary
Support day-to-day program operations with expertise in records management and resource coordination. Skillfully meet diverse needs and address issues to maintain efficiency and program outreach. Demonstrated success in building long-lasting relationships.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Program Specialist
Empowerment for Success| Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
08.2023 - Current
- Program Specialist organizes daily activities based on the goals of the team
- Devises new programs to support organizations independent living objectives for adults with intellectual disabilities
- Develops life-skills curricula for adults with intellectual disabilities
- Trains staff on program curricula
- Identifies community partners for volunteer opportunities for participants (i.e
- Meals on Wheels)
- Leads the Wellness Initiative by developing healthy menu options for cooking day along with nutrition lesson plans
- Organizes the monthly movement activities and lessons
- Develops and implements strategies to attract, hire, develop, and retain a diverse workforce and meet diversity, equity and inclusion goals
- Recruits, interviews and recommends new staff for hiring
- Handles staff onboarding and orientation
- Maintains and updates staff handbook
- Handles a wide range of human resource tasks including working with workers compensation and FMLA
- Provides one on one supervision of day program and in-home care staff
ARW, Inc., Consulting
01.2011 - Current
- Williams is a senior consultant with more than two decades of experience in both the public and private sectors
- A hallmark of Williams’ professional work is translating big ideas regarding diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging into practical solutions and considerations for organizations and interpersonal relationships.
Director, Institute Office of Anti-Racism & Racial Equity
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc.
01.2019 - 05.2023
- The Director of the Institute Office of Anti-Racism & Racal Equity (IOARRE) serves as part of the Executive Team and partners with senior leaders to shape, advance, and lead the organization's overarching vision and strategy for the Critical Concern of Racism
- Manages and evaluates all staff, volunteers and IOARRE Committees
- Develop and implement standards and procedures to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the fair inclusion and of traditionally under-represented people in all business and activities of the agency at all levels, including in procurement, insurance, and all types of contracts.
- Serve as an advisor, advocate, and executive coach for partners (colleges/universities, hospitals, etc.)
- Subject matter expert and lead racial equity trainer/educator for organization
- Lead investigator/facilitator/mediator for incidents of racism/racial inequity
- Institutional resource for all programs, departments, and activities across the organization on embedding accountability for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging into all programs, departments, and activities across the organization
- Train and educate on the intersections of race, gender and identity
- Central to this role is to facilitate catalyst for change
- Collaborate with stakeholders
Director, Ministry of Social Justice & Civic Engagement
Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion
01.2015 - 01.2018
- The Director of the Minister of Social Justice & Civic Engagement is a shared position between Bethel and Memorial that provides organizational leadership and subject-matter-expertise, strategic guidance, and thought leadership in our key focus areas of racial and gender equity, gun violence, food deserts, and/or the intersections between environmental and social sustainability for how these topics intersect with religious ethics
- Collaborate with other community-based organization for social impact opportunities for faith communities
- Lead in the development of DEI strategy distinct to each faith community to support community engagement goals
- Develop and organize national (Get Out the Vote) and local (Gun Violence Awareness) community engagement events
- Organize and lead back-to-school campaigns, holiday and monthly food give-away
- Develop and facilitate book discussions on diverse topics
- Recruit, train and manage volunteer corps
- Lead workshops and training on communicating across difference, racial healing, and social ethics
Director, Operations
Empowerment for Success | Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Director of Operations leads and manages operational functions for offices
- Specializes in providing organizational compliance for city, state, and county contracts
- Develops and implements diversity, equity, and inclusion plan for organization
- Assists with budget management, billing, and payroll
- Serves as onsite HR Generalist (recruiting, onboarding, staff development, policy updates) and interfaces with HR contractor as necessary
- Plan quarterly event for agency participants.
Administrative Services Manager
Empowerment for Success | Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
01.2009 - 01.2011
Executive Director
Friends of Faith (Fancher), Inc. Breast Cancer Foundation
01.2005 - 01.2009
- Manage overall operation of Friends of Faith, Inc
- (FOF), including staff supervision and evaluation
- Collaborate with and support volunteer program managers and committees
- Maintain official records and documents and ensure compliance with government regulations
- Oversee and coordinate all budget actions, including guiding the finance committee to ensure proper financial procedures and annual budget preparation
- Lead effort to ensure high-quality communications with volunteers, clients, sponsors, and other community organizations through newsletters, appeal letters, website, emails, and monthly updates
- Serve as the FOF representative to the community, participate in civic events, and support the recruitment efforts to attract volunteers to the FOF
- Initiate and coordinate fund-raising activities to support the FOF mission in addition to the Annual FOF Breast Cancer Walk.
Director
Prescott Resource Center
01.2001 - 01.2005
- Manage the overall operation of a multi-cultural, multi-service community resource center in the Prescott district of West Oakland, which is home to Northern California Breathmobile Project, Fr
- Charles D
- Burns Preschool, Washington Burns Youth Mentoring & Computer Lab
- Supervise and evaluate staff
- Recruit and manage volunteer corps and committees
- Maintain official records and documents and ensure compliance with government regulations
- Oversee and coordinate all budget actions, including guiding the finance committee to ensure proper financial procedures and annual budget preparation
- Serve as the Prescott Resource Center representative to the community and in civic events.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy -
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, CAMaster of Divinity -
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Berkeley, CA01.2013
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, CA01.2013
Graduate Theological Union
Berkeley, CA01.2013
Stanford University Hospital & Clinics
Palo Alto, CA01.2012
Bachelor of Arts - English & Religious Studies
Holy Names University
Oakland, CA01.2007
Skills
- Skill Development
- Group and individual instruction
- Performance Assessments
- Project Management
- Strategic Planning
Certification
- Ordained Itinerant Deacon - 2005
- Ordained Itinerant Elder - 2007
- Certificate, Sexual Misconduct Prevention - 2024
Affiliations
- National Council of Negro Women – Potomac Valley Chapter
- American Academy of Religion
- Society of Christian Ethics
Retreats
- Jesuit Antiracism Sodality (JARS) - Woodstock Retreat, 2024, Woodstock, IL, Spiritual Director/Preacher
- Jesuit Antiracism Sodality (JARS) - Detroit Retreat, 2023, Detroit, MI, Spiritual Director/Preacher
Courses Lectures Workshops
- God and NeoSlave Narratives, 2016, Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, CA, Newhall Doctoral Teaching Fellow
- Theoethics of the Black Lives Matter Movement, 2019, Starr King School for the Ministry, Berkeley, CA, Newhall Doctoral Teaching Fellow
- A Womanist Reading of Hagar, 2019, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL, Guest Lecturer
- A Lenten Journey: The Spiritual Works of Racial Justice, 2021, Cranaleith Spiritual Center, Philadelphia, PA, Facilitator
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Program Specialist
Empowerment for Success| Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
08.2023 - Current
Director, Institute Office of Anti-Racism & Racial Equity
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc.
01.2019 - 05.2023
Director, Ministry of Social Justice & Civic Engagement
Pennsylvania Avenue AME Zion
01.2015 - 01.2018
ARW, Inc., Consulting
01.2011 - Current
Director, Operations
Empowerment for Success | Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
01.2011 - 01.2015
Administrative Services Manager
Empowerment for Success | Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
01.2009 - 01.2011
Executive Director
Friends of Faith (Fancher), Inc. Breast Cancer Foundation
01.2005 - 01.2009
Director
Prescott Resource Center
01.2001 - 01.2005
Doctor of Philosophy -
Graduate Theological Union
Master of Divinity -
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Graduate Theological Union
Graduate Theological Union
Stanford University Hospital & Clinics
Bachelor of Arts - English & Religious Studies
Holy Names University
- Ordained Itinerant Deacon - 2005
- Ordained Itinerant Elder - 2007
- Certificate, Sexual Misconduct Prevention - 2024
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