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# williamsworks
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/williamsworks/
- Published: 1999-01-03T03:07:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-10T02:04:35.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**williamsworks** is an American consulting firm based in Missoula, Montana.

## History

williamsworks was founded in 2003 by Whitney Williams.[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) The firm's second client was the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation).[\[3\]](#fn3)

## Organization

| Name             | Position                                    | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Whitney Williams | Founder and CEO                             | Hillary Clinton, Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI), Clinton Global Initiative, TED Conferences, Glacier National Park Conservancy, Marguerite Casey Foundation, City Year Seattle/King County, New Futures, [Council on Foreign Relations](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Council-on-Foreign-Relations)[\[3:1\]](#fn3)[\[4\]](#fn4)[\[5\]](#fn5)[\[6\]](#fn6) |
| Maya Winkelstein | Associate Director (former)[\[7\]](#fn7)    | Open Road Alliance, Council on Foundations, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Clinton Global Initiative, PEAK Grantmaking, Global Press Institute, GrantAdvisor, [World Economic Forum](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Economic-Forum)                                                                                                        |
| Colleen Martin   | Political Director (2019-2021)[\[8\]](#fn8) | [Progressive Turnout Project](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Progressive-Turnout-Project), Stop Republicans, [A Safe Place](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/A-Safe-Place), Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC)                                                                                                                        |

### Clients

Clients of williamsworks include:[\[9\]](#fn9)[\[10\]](#fn10)[\[11\]](#fn11)[\[12\]](#fn12)

- Aegis Trust
- African Agricultural Technology Foundation
- Alaska Wilderness League
- Ben Affleck
- [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation)
- Clinton Foundation
- Comic Relief
- Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE)
- Eastern Congo Initiative
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
- Gatorade
- Glamour
- Google.org
- Howard Schultz[\[13\]](#fn13)
- Jennifer Garner
- K'naan
- Marguerite Casey Foundation
- Mark Torrance Foundation
- Nicholas Dirks
- Nike Foundation
- ONE Campaign
- Open Road Alliance
- Pearl Jam
- Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)
- (RED)
- Save the Children
- Schultz Family Foundation
- Seattle International Foundation
- Starkey Foundation
- Starkey Hearing Technologies
- Theo Chocolate
- Thorn
- TOMS Shoes
- Tostan
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
- *Vanity Fair*
- Water Advocates
- Water.org
- The White House Project
- [Wikimedia Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Wikimedia-Foundation)[\[2:1\]](#fn2)
- A Women’s Nation

## External links

- [Website](https://www.williamsworks.com/)

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1. Whinney, J., & Williams, W. (2013, November 11). *Guest: Seattle, Congo and the chocolate trade.* The Seattle Times. <https://web.archive.org/web/20131203130810/http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2022239517%5Fjoewhinneywhitneywilliamsopedcongo12xml.html> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. Forsyth, P. (2017, February 8). *Wikimedia Foundation strategy consultant Williamsworks also brings background in crisis reputation…* The Signpost; Medium. <https://web.archive.org/web/20230808201543/https://medium.com/wikisignpost/wikimedia-foundation-strategy-consultant-williamsworks-also-brings-background-in-crisis-reputation-d58648cd1a50> [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1)
3. Rapkin, M. (2013, November 11). *When Ben Affleck Wants to Change the World, He Calls This Woman.* ELLE. <https://web.archive.org/web/20221209035154/https://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/a12614/whitney-williams-profile/> [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1)
4. *Whitney Williams.* Williamsworks. Retrieved February 25, 2010, from <http://archive.today/2010.02.25-055954/http://williamsworks.com/team/whitney-williams> [↩︎](#fnref4)
5. *Whitney Williams.* Williamsworks. Retrieved August 29, 2013, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20130829012617/http://williamsworks.com/team/whitney-williams> [↩︎](#fnref5)
6. *Membership Roster.* Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved July 31, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230731192134/https://www.cfr.org/membership/roster> [↩︎](#fnref6)
7. *Maya Winkelstein - Agenda Contributor.* World Economic Forum. Retrieved August 9, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230809013105/https://www.weforum.org/agenda/authors/maya-winkelstein> [↩︎](#fnref7)
8. *Experience | Colleen Martin.* LinkedIn. Retrieved August 7, 2023, from <http://archive.today/2023.08.07-212854/https://www.linkedin.com/in/colleen-martin-15895b33/details/experience/> [↩︎](#fnref8)
9. *Home.* Williamsworks. Retrieved August 8, 2023, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20230808204115/https://www.williamsworks.com/> [↩︎](#fnref9)
10. *Our Clients.* Williamsworks. Retrieved February 7, 2014, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20140207225757/http://williamsworks.com/our-clients/> [↩︎](#fnref10)
11. *Our Clients.* Williamsworks. Retrieved February 6, 2015, from <https://web.archive.org/web/20150206001432/http://williamsworks.com/our-clients/> [↩︎](#fnref11)
12. *Our Clients.* Williamsworks. Retrieved October 9, 2021, from <http://archive.today/2021.10.09-223332/https://www.williamsworks.com/our-clients> [↩︎](#fnref12)
13. Birkenbuel, R. (2014, September 21). *Carrying on family legacy: Whitney Williams goes global.* Montana Standard. <http://archive.today/2015.01.04-060535/http://mtstandard.com/special-section/local/carrying-on-family-legacy-whitney-williams-goes-global/article%5F77c1da58-d82a-5bc5-a2fe-94d43bd73a96.html> [↩︎](#fnref13)