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Vice President of Finance and Administration Phone: 202-478-4570 rwilliams@aacte.org
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Rowena Williams has a 20-plus year career directing financial operations, strategic planning, program and system analysis and implementation, government and foundation grants management, master planning and human resource administration.
Active in the health science field for many years, Williams served as senior finance and administrative officer for PATH’s Malaria Vaccine Initiative where she managed the more than $250 million Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant for the international health initiative. In addition, she served as the finance and administrative vice president for the nation’s leading oral healthcare and education association, and managed the financial operations of one of the country’s largest nurses associations, incorporates three separate companies.
Prior to moving into the health sciences industry, Williams worked for more than a decade in education administration at two of the highest, nationally recognized educational institutions. She served as director of finance and operations at Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC and The Rye Country Day School in Rye, New York. She oversaw multi-million dollar budgets, managed financial operations, endowments and administrative functions at both institutions.
Williams has a bachelor’s of science in finance from Ithaca College and a master’s in business leadership from Georgetown University.
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Office Manager Phone: 202-478-4586 pjames@aacte.org
Controller Phone: 202-478-4592 controller@aacte.org
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Digital Content Manager Phone: 202-478-4511 agutierrez@aacte.org
Select a topic below to find the staff responsible for key AACTE programs and activities. Please direct questions in order of the contacts listed.
Vice President, Member Services & Events Phone: 202-478-4597 mwales@aacte.org
Director of Marketing & Communications Phone: 202-478-4502 jthurman@aacte.org
Director of Program Improvement and Practice Phone: 202-478-4510 cwilson@aacte.org
AACTE Consultant, Research, Policy, & Advocacy Phone: 202-478-4587 jking@aacte.org
Vice President, Research, Policy, & Advocacy Phone: 202-478-4501 jrodriguez@aacte.org
Senior Manager, Member Services & Events Phone: 202-478-4516 gjones@aacte.org
Director of Membership Phone: 202-478-4569 mgrenda@aacte.org
Executive Assistant Phone: 202-478-4505 smonroe@aacte.org
