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Ausborn Bruce Williams – President/CEO

President and CEO of A. Bruce Williams & Associates Marketing, Media and Customer Care consulting who directly provides his knowledge and experience to accounts such as Optima Family Care, Fish Bowl Classic, Virginia Black Expo, Liberty Tax, NRHA, Pepper Bird Education Inc., The Virginia Arts Festival and The Baptist General Convention of Virginia.

Previously Vice President of marketing and development for a niche marketing firm responsible for development and senior account executive activities with the agency’s key clients including Virginia Power, Newport News Shipbuilding, Norfolk State University, Virginia Housing Development Authority, Hampton Roads Transit, City of Norfolk among others.

He has previously held senior management positions with Cox Communications, Viacom Cablevision, TCI, Westinghouse Broadcasting and Cable and The New York Times-responsible for marketing management, customer care, marketing strategy, public relations, advertising, sales, promotions and consumer issues.

Mr. Williams, a native of New York City and resident of Virginia Beach, Virginia, holds a Masters of Business Administration degree from the College of William and Mary, a Bachelors of Business Administration from Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York, and an Associates of Arts and Science in management from Queensborough College, City University of New York. He holds certificates from AT&T Global Business Systems in Vector Design and the J. Walter Thompson Communispond Course in public speaking.

He has won several awards including the Vision Award National Finalist for best video PSA, the NAACP Area II Award for Outstanding Community Service, the W.A.L.L.S. award for outstanding entrepreneur, and a two-time, Cable Television Administration and Marketing Society Marketing Case Study Competition winner. He is a member of the Adjunct Faculty of ECPI College of Technology and instructor for the Center for Community Development Inc. Portsmouth, VA business plan seminars.

He serves as Board Member and Co-Chair of the Economic Justice Committee Hampton Roads Committee of 200+ Men, Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors of the William A. Hunton YMCA, MI Express Board of Directors, Marketing Chair Virginia African-American Forum for Jamestown 2007, Member African American Advisory Council Jamestown 2007, Board Member Norfolk Convention and Visitors Bureau Education and Research Foundation, Member of the UNCF-VA Advisory Committee, Member Urban League of Hampton Roads, Member Virginia Beach Branch NAACP, Member of the Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council, a Member of the Board of Trustees, First Baptist Church, Bute Street, Vice President Singles Ministry First Baptist Church and member of the Virginia Beach Sports Events Grants Committee. He is a father and grandfather.