Michelle Williams

A Texas native, Michelle Williams currently serves as Executive Director over the Dallas Entrepreneur Center’s southern sector expansion. Prior to The DEC, Michelle worked as the Dallas Program Manager for Leadership ISD. Having sat on multiple boards and commissions around both the city and the nation, Michelle is committed to serving her community wherever she is needed. Much of her work and passion is fueled by the belief that access to high-quality education, health care, justice, economic equity and housing are basic civil rights in our American society. In 2013, Michelle had the honor of working with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans: a cross-agency effort aimed at identifying evidence-based practices to improve student achievement. In 2016, Michelle was honored by Texas State Senator Royce West as a recipient of the Outstanding Texan award for Senatorial District 23. Michelle is the immediate past President of the Dallas-Fort Worth Urban League Young Professionals where she was awarded the prestigious title of President of the Year by the National Urban League. That same year, Michelle was awarded with the YP honors award. In 2018, she was named one of the top 15 Innovators Reshaping Texas by Texas Monthly magazine. Michelle is currently pursuing an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University where, in 2020, she was appointed to the school’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board.