Nicholas Williams, MPP
Associate Principal
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Los Angeles, CA
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(213) 314-9090
Nicholas Williams is a social sector leader, analyst, writer, and consultant with extensive experience and proven results in academic, business, nonprofit and government settings.
A skilled communicator and collaborator, he has led nonprofit and foundation organizations and projects focused on mental health, economic development, homelessness and housing, child and family welfare, K-12 education, higher education, and workforce development. His projects have included engagements with a range of philanthropic foundations including the MacArthur Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Ford Foundation.
He joins Á¿×Ó×ÊÔ´Íø after serving as associate director of the University of Southern California (USC) Center of Philanthropy and Public Policy. While there, he developed practice-oriented programs and research reports, engaging scholars and foundation leaders on issues at the intersection of philanthropy, government, and the private sector.
Nicholas has worked in-house for a management consulting agency and maintained his own consulting practice focused on strategic planning, program, and resource development for nonprofit and social impact organizations for more than a decade.
He has published several widely touted research reports on philanthropy and public policy, including a report on federal offices of strategic partnerships that he co-presented at the White House. He has also published articles and research reports for Inside Philanthropy on housing, homelessness, and democracy.
Nicholas earned a Master of Public Policy from USC, and bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Denver.
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