Dr. Deirdre Williams
Certified Trainer
Dr. Deirdre Williams is the Executive Director of Bridge Community Development Center Mississippi. The agency provides mental health, home and community-based services to young adults with intellectual and developmental impairments. Deirdre is the Managing Partner of multiple Sylvan Learning Center locations that provide personalized supplemental learning support to students in pre-kinder through twelfth grade.
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Prior to her current role, Dr. Williams was the Executive Director of the School Reform Initiative, and the Leadership Development Officer at Harris County Department of Education. Deirdre provided leadership coaching and development to thousands of aspiring and acting school leaders in over 50 school districts across the country.
Dr. Williams is credited for her leadership in turnaround schools in the eighth largest district in the United States where she attributes her success to a commitment and focus on equity and excellence for all students. She transformed her campus from a twenty-year failing school to a competitive community school offering every child seven courses for high school credit. Williams was awarded the only non-charter Texas STEM designated academy in the Houston Independent School District after receiving accountability designations in mathematics and recognition for student growth. She has been invited to several conferences to speak and present about her school transformation story, “From Fixing the Kids to Transforming the Adults”.