Thomasina H. Williams

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Prior to joining the Ford Foundation in 2005, Ms. Williams was in private practice in Miami, where she was active in civic affairs and political issues.
She wrote one of the key legal briefs in the Florida Supreme Court case that defeated an effort to place on the ballot four initiatives that would have rendered affirmative action in Florida unconstitutional.
She has served on the boards of several nonprofit organizations, including Florida Memorial College (now Florida Memorial University), south Florida's only historically black college, and the Urban League of Broward County, one of the country's largest Urban League affiliates.
Ms. Williams received a J.D.
from the University of Michigan Law School and a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College.

Former positions of Thomasina H. Williams

Companies	Position	End
Florida Memorial University, Inc. Florida Memorial University, Inc. Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Florida Memorial University, Inc. functions as a college/university. The private company is based in Miami Gardens, FL.	Director/Board Member	-
Urban League of Broward County	Director/Board Member	-
Ford Foundation Ford Foundation Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Ford Foundation is an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1936, the Foundation provides grants, projects and loans to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement. The foundation funds derive from an investment portfolio that began with gifts and bequests of Ford Motor Company stock by Henry and Edsel Ford.	Corporate Officer/Principal	-

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Training of Thomasina H. Williams

University of Michigan	Graduate Degree
Mount Holyoke College	Undergraduate Degree

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