Assistant Vice President
Learning and Organization Development
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Mekeisha Williams currently serves as the Assistant Vice President, Learning and Organization Development (L&OD), for Duke University and Health System. L&OD provides services to the University and Health System through three prongs: Leadership Development, Professional Development, and Consulting Services. She previously served as the Executive Director of University Organizational and Professional Development at Virginia Tech.
She is a certified provider of the Meyers Briggs Type Indicator, Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Organization-Behavior (FIRO-B), Discovery Leadership Profile (Decision Style Profile), and Press Time simulation for team building and strategic planning. Mekeisha is also Development Dimensional International Certified (DDI) in courses such as Delegating for Productivity and Growth, Guiding Conflict Resolution, Preparing Others to Succeed, Core Skills for Building Commitment, Leadership: Facilitating Change, and the Empowering Leader. She also provides individual counseling and group workshops on leadership development, team building, communications, and interpersonal relations. She is a certified executive coach for 360 leadership profiles, DiSC, Strengths Finders, and many more certifications.
Mekeisha received an undergraduate degree in Political Science from UNC-Charlotte with a minor in Spanish and a master’s degree in Public Administration from North Carolina Central University; she is currently pursuing her PhD in Public Administration and Policy Studies at Virginia Tech.
