Full Biography for Rick Williams

Candidate for
Board Member; Cincinnati City School District

Broderick Williams

3963 Beechwood Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, (513) 751-9711

OBJECTIVE:

To assist communities in the creation of activities which enhance their surroundings and improves their quality of life.

EXPERIENCE

1991-present: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio

Management Consultant

• Creating a non-profit community development corporation in Memphis, Tennessee governed by a partnership of neighborhood residents, business representatives and government. Negotiating housing development contracts on behalf of the organization to provide construction and lending services throughout the city and county. Services will include housing construction and a multitude of lending products.
• Developed and implemented a plan to expand the services of a community development organization in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Resulted in revitalization activities in three neighborhoods in the city which is a substantial increase from the original eight block target area.
• Created a growth strategy to increase the number of community development organizations affiliated with Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation.
• Author and instructor for courses offered at Neighborhood Reinvest Training Institutes.

President

• Owned and managed a consulting firm assisting non-profit development corporations in the creation of neighborhood revitalization activities.
• Developed a single family infill housing development program for the Walnut Hills Redevelopment Foundation which is still being used successfully today.
• Developed a housing development program for Lower Price Hill Community Redevelopment Corporation in conjunction with Habitat for Humanities.

• 1981-1983, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnatt Ohio Masters, Community Planning.

• 1972-1976, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Architecture.

• 1997-present: Facilities Advisory Committee, Cincinnati Public Schools
• 1990-present: Local School Decision Making Comniittee, Douglass Elementary
• 1997-present: Zoning Board of Appeals, City of Cincinnati
• 1992-1994: President Walnut Hills Area Council
• 1994-present: Vice President, Walnut Hills Area Council
• 1992-1995: President Uptown Planning Task Force
• 1990-present: Member, Special Housing Overlay Board

• Firsi recipient of the Estelle Berman Award for Citizen Planning
• Recipient of the Samuel L. Bullock Award for Community Involvement