Autobiographical sketch of Evelyn Williamson

Evelyn L. Williamson is a native of Springfield Illinois with a background of over twenty years of Human Resource and development training experience with both private and public sectors. Evelyn currently lives and works in Springfield Illinois, where she is president & founder of “Out of Africa Heritage Collect gallery & Art Center”. Evelyn is a professional grassroots political organizer, and community development consultant. Evelyn is also a national bestselling author, and mother of adult twins. She served as a legislative liaison on numerous community projects for The Democratic National Committee. As an employment consultant with the Georgia Department of Labor, Ms. Williamson successfully consulted clients on career, labor market information and change trends. Evelyn has designed, developed, and facilitated specialized workshops focused on staffing, staff retention, management skills, employment coaching, and team building, while providing assessments, diagnosis, and recommendations for clients to achieve excellent internal and external customer service. Ms. Williamson also has enjoyed numerous opportunities to do motivational speeches, and be on the speaking circuit. In1998 she was inducted into the Coalition of 100 Black Women of America Atlanta Chapter. 1999 she founded E.L. Williamson & Associates Inc. in Atlanta Georgia. E.L. Williamson & Associates classified as an independent, sole owned, and operated for profit (Minority Business Enterprise MBE, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE, Women Owned Business WOB), that specialized in Organizational Development. In 1999 she was named Outstanding Georgia Citizen, and awarded Outstanding Public Service award by the Georgia Secretary of State. As a 2007 graduate of The Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance Academy, E.L. Williamson & Associates completed over 400 hours of construction, project, and development management. The company profile also offered human resource training, workforce development experience, and group facilitation, political lobbying experience. Evelyn’s vast political campaign experience includes the now historical 2008 Presidential election for Senator Barack Obama, and the 2012 national presidential re-election. Evelyn’s extensive executive campaign experience include; congressional, senate, county, and municipal. In 2008, Evelyn served as a community field director for the Obama Campaign for Change in South Georgia and northwest Philadelphia where she successfully organized, recruited, and trained over 1,200 volunteers and a support staff who helped lead the struggle for change to the historic 2008 presidential victory. Evelyn also led the 2007 Women for Obama Project for the Obama Campaign in South Georgia and northwest Philadelphia which formed collaborative partnerships empowering women and girls to be politically active and educated in their communities, foster change, and hold elected officials accountable to promises made at election time, and during their terms. Evelyn served as senior staff Field Organizer for Pennsylvania Democratic Party VOTE 2010 campaign where over 400 thousand votes got delivered in Philadelphia and 500 volunteer staff were recruited, trained, and organized to help facilitate the 2010 mid-term political agenda. In 2011, she served as Intergovernmental affairs liaison to the Liberian Consulate General for the southeastern U.S. region. She also received congressional recognition for service to her Atlanta & Georgia community from Congressman John Lewis. In 2012, she recently served as a staff community field organizer with Organizing for America-Nevada. Evelyn continues to be an active member of numerous local, state, national, and international organizations. As part of her many opportunities to be a change agent, she commits countless hours of volunteering and public service to her community as well as supporting cultural arts communities around the nation and the globe.