Donna Williams

Donna C Williams, a senior-level professional, consultant, trainer, and advocate, has an extensive background in economic development and neighborhood revitalization. Her focus since 2002 has been exclusively on urban neighborhoods. Donna has designed sales and marketing strategies that assist public and private organizations in stabilizing and revitalizing neighborhoods while also seeking to maintain mixed-income housing options. Her work includes selling and leasing hundreds of properties, designing builder and buyer incentives, delivering Realtor and lender training, product development, and more. Donna has presented at various symposiums, institutes, and conferences, including the Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference, Cleveland, OH National Vacant Properties Conference, Portland, OR, Atlanta GA, and Los Angeles, CA NeighborWorks Training Institutes, among others. Additionally, she has worked in various professional roles, including Administrator, Office of Economic & Community Development at City of Chattanooga, Executive Director at Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area, and Owner-Publisher at Live Urban Ventures-LiveUrban.com. Donna studied Business Administration, Marketing at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.