About PCID

Yvonne D. Williams
President Perimeter Community Improvement Districts
One Ravinia Drive
Suite 1125
Atlanta, GA 30346

770-390-1781
Fax: 770-390-1782

Experience/Skills

  • Yvonne Williams has an exceptional record of successes in building public/private partnerships to expand financial resources and implement projects that have produced positive changes for communities. A visionary with extensive knowledge about Georgia and economic development, she has a particular talent for grasping a project or issue and finding solutions.
  • During the past 25 years, as a chief executive, she has helped mold downtown revitalization, industrial development and comprehensive economic development strategy and advocacy in various capacities with the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, Athens Area Chamber of Commerce, the Madison-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, the Americus-Sumter County Chamber of Commerce, the Bristol Tennessee/Virginia Economic Development Partnership and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce.
  • Most recently, Williams has been the catalyst in the forming business/government partnerships to leverage $500 million in the next five years in major transportation and infrastructure improvements in metro Atlanta's important Perimeter area - one of the largest Class A office markets in the Southern United States. Williams was selected president of the newly formed DeKalb Perimeter Community Improvement District in 1999. She was appointed president of the joint DeKalb/Fulon PCIDs, which she helped organize, in 2001.
  • Through Williams' leadership, this precedent-setting collaborative of the largest urban communities in Georgia is spearheading projects such as the following:
    • $20 million in intersection and streetscape improvements to improve traffic flow, pedestrian accessibility and attractiveness
    • $6.5 million in Livable Centers Initiative grants from the Atlanta Regional Commission to help create "smart growth" live, work, and play centers
    • Accelerated construction of a $35 million Perimeter Center Parkway Flyover Bridge over I-285 to provide alternative access to commuters, residents and shoppers

Recent Appointments

  • Governor Perdue's Congestion Mitigation Task Force
  • Regional Atlanta Civic League
  • Northside Hospital Foundation
  • Board member, Georgia Chamber of Commerce
  • Board member, Georgians for Better Transportation

Education
Williams has a Bachelor's degree in public relations from the University of Georgia. She is a six-year Graduate of the Institute for Organization Management, a graduate of the Economic Development Institute of the University of Oklahoma and was among 120 non-profit executives from throughout the county selected to participate in the Harvard Business School's Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management Program during the summer of 2006.

Awards

  • While Cobb Chamber President and CEO, received the "Georgia Chamber of Commerce Certified Executive Award" from the Georgia Chamber of Commerce Executives Association.
  • A nominee for the Atlanta Woman Magazine Woman of the Year Award for 2006
  • Woman of the Year in 2005 by the Women in Transportation Seminar Atlanta chapter
  • Who's Who in American Business Executives and International Executives.