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Senior Director of National Advocacy and Partnerships KnowledgeWorks Matt Williams currently serves as the Senior Director of National Advocacy and Partnerships for KnowledgeWorks. In this role, he is responsible for directing both federal and state relations as well as national strategic partnerships for KnowledgeWorks. Matt assists the various subsidiaries and divisions of KnowledgeWorks in building, maintaining strategic relationships to advance their initiatives, assists in advancing national and state policy priorities. Matt has served in multiple roles since joining KnowledgeWorks including Director of Public Affairs where he directed federal governmental relations. He also served as Senior Program Officer, Office of the President and CEO in which he worked directly with the Foundation’s leadership on special national initiatives including national due diligence. Matt joined KnowledgeWorks, in 2006, as a Program Officer in college and career access, providing leadership for the national initiative Achieving the Dream, P-16, and other college and career access programming. He is the former Director for GEAR UP Waco a comprehensive, collaborative grant project focused on increasing college access in Waco, Texas. In addition, Matt was an instructor in the Civic Education Department at Baylor University. Matt earned a B.A. in History from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a M.S. in Education from Baylor University. He currently serves on the executive board for the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. He has served on the Texas Governor’s Advisory Council for Mentoring, as well as advisory councils on after-school programming for the National Mentoring Partnership and the National League of Cities, and has worked on advocacy initiatives with the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships. |
