Kimberly J. Williams is Deputy Chief Procurement Officer for the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, Texas (METRO). She manages procurement, contract administration and small business for the $1B agency. METRO’s award winning Small & Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program has been recognized as a 2016 Community Partner by the City of Houston and 2016 Strategic Partner by the MWDBE Forum.
Kimberly is immediate Past President Emeritus of the Houston Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) and serves on its National Legislative Affairs and HUB Committees. She also serves on the Procurement & Materials and Small Business Committees of the American Public Transit Association (APTA). She is a recent graduate of Leadership APTA, the premier leadership development program in the transit industry.
Williams began her career as a legislative aide to then U.S. Representative Barbara Rose Collins when Mrs. Collins was a member of the House Public Works and Transportation Committee. Later she served as a Legislative Attorney with the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. Prior to arriving at METRO, she served as Vice President of External Relations for Texas Southern University and was the first director of the University’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Institute. Formerly a City Attorney for the City of Houston she has also worked for the California State legislature and for the International Labour Office (ILO) in Beijing, People’s Republic of China.
Kimberly is an active community member serving the Unity National Bank Ambassadors Program, TSU College of Science Engineering & Technology Advisory Board, Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Advisory Board and is a graduate of Leadership Houston Class XXIX. She formerly held leadership roles for the Greater Houston Black Chamber, Midtown Redevelopment Authority, and Greater Channel Jack and Jill Inc. An active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Kimberly has been recognized as Emerging Leader of the Year by COMTO, Top 25 Women of Houston, Top 30 Influential Women of Houston and Strategic Partner of the Year by D-Mars Inc.
Williams is a graduate of Howard University and Wayne State Law School where she served as Survey Editor of the Wayne Law Review. Kim is a foodie, music lover and sports fan who enjoys traveling, running and skiing. She is the proud mother of one daughter, MacKenzie.
