Lisa Williams

Lisa Thames Williams has guided and led organizations through their unique challenges for over 25 years. Her visionary outlook combined with operational understanding has proven to be a winning combination. Her areas of expertise include physician and executive coaching and development, organizational strategy, strategic planning and deployment, organizational change, succession planning and process improvement at all organizational levels. Lisa's operational and consulting experience includes small as well as large, complex organizations while emphasizing thoroughness, collaboration, and positive creativity. She has delivered professional training in leadership development, organizational strategy development, facilitation, team building, and process improvement. At the college level, Lisa has taught courses in management communications, research methods and statistics, and organizational theory and behavior. She also served on a governor-appointed state board that provides regulatory oversight to nursing home administrators. Lisa held several key leadership positions prior to her consulting career including Hospital Administrator for Group Health Cooperative's two-hospital system and East King County (Washington state) Project Director; Assistant Hospital Administrator at the University of Mississippi Medical Center; Nursing Home Administrator at Jaquith Nursing Home at Mississippi State Hospital. Lisa has partnered and consulted with dozens of organizations across the United States including Providence Health System, Texas Tech University Primary Care Physicians, Seattle Center Care Alliance, Legacy House, MemorialCare Health System, The Nemours Foundation, Children's Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota, University of Washington, Sutter Health, and The Polyclinic, to name a few. Her career continued in the healthcare realm by taking on the role of Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Coach for The Polyclinic (now a part of OptumCare) located in Seattle, Washington. She was then promoted to Chief Administrator Officer of the Pacific Northwest for OptumCare. Lisa recently retired and is enjoying spending time with her family. Lisa holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy & Administration, a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, a Nursing Home Administrators License, and is a Graduate of the John C. Stennis Institute for Government Executives.