Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus
Names
Kim Williams Director of Institutional Advancement
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Alka Gupta and Peg Byron
September 18, 2002 |
Brooklyn, N.Y. - Attorney and community activist Kim A. Williams,
whose parents are long-time community figures, has been named the
director of Institutional Advancement at Long Island University's
Brooklyn Campus.
"I've done a lot of work with the community," said Williams,
a resident of Prospect Heights in Brooklyn. "It's a new challenge
for me – bringing my experience to the University setting."
As director, she will develop resources and alliances with governmental
agencies, legislators and businesses for the Campus.
"We are delighted to have Kim join our Institutional Advancement
staff," Provost Gale Stevens Haynes said. "Her skills and
experience are valuable assets in our Campus efforts to strengthen
linkages with the community."
"Provost Gale Stevens Haynes and the great work that she is doing
to expand unique educational opportunities for diverse student populations
are really inspiring to me," Williams said.
The youngest of six, Williams is the daughter of Bessie L. Williams,
the founder and executive director of the Williams Residence Inc.
group homes for people living with HIV, the formerly homeless and
substance abusers, and Jesse E. Williams, retired from the Board of
Education. Williams' parents, spurred into community activism more
than 17 years ago by their son's former substance abuse, have also
raised 22 foster children.
The first in her family to obtain an advanced degree, Williams earned
her B.S. in Criminal Justice from John Jay College in 1992. She earned
her law degree from Rutgers University at Camden – graduating
with the Dean's List Award – where she was president of the Black
Law Students Association and served as student Law Clerk to the United
States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Williams worked at The Miracle Makers, Inc., a children and family
services agency, as a caseworker with foster children who were
physically and sexually abused. She then joined the Bronx District
Attorney's Office prosecuting criminal cases. She returned to
Miracle Makers as director of The Community Coalition Project
and staff attorney, and was involved in community mobilization,
national coalition building and fundraising. She also has a solo
law practice, primarily for people who are indigent, focusing
on family law..
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