Christine C. Williams, PhD, President, Focus Consulting Group

Christine Williams facilitates, speaks and consults with organizations throughout the United States to help people talk to one another in constructive and productive ways. She specializes in helping workgroups explore what they need to talk and reach agreements about in order to do their work, in a way that promotes both collaboration and measurable results.

Dr. Williams has worked “in the trenches” for over twenty years with hundreds of groups from various backgrounds and work settings—as diverse as healthcare, business, manufacturing, education, government, social services, religious, nonprofit, and voluntary organizations.

Career Highlights

Client List Includes:

Health & Social Services

Department of Veterans Affairs (detailed list):

• Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Health Information (OHI)
• VA Learning University & Employee Education System (VALU, EES)
• Medical Centers throughout the United States
• Central Office, Washington, DC
• VA Integrated Network Systems (VISNs) throughout the United States
• National Committees

Indian Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona

Institute for Health & Social Policy, Akron, Ohio

St. Mary’s Hospital, Saginaw, Michigan

University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, Illinois

Educational Institutions

Barberton City School District, Barberton, Ohio
Cleveland City Schools, Cleveland, Ohio
County of Summit Board of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities,
Tallmadge, Ohio
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio
East Regional Professional Development Center, Canton, Ohio
Mayfield City Schools, Mayfield, Ohio
Nordonia Hills City Schools, Northfield, Ohio
Southeast Local School District, Ohio
Summit Education Initiative, Akron, Ohio
Summit County Educational Service Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Tallmadge City Schools, Tallmadge, Ohio
University of Akron, Akron, Ohio

Business/Industry

Alltel, Hudson, Ohio
Babcock and Wilcox, Barberton, Ohio
Recycling Coordinators, Inc., Akron, Ohio

Non-Profit Organizations

Crown Point Ecology Center, Bath, Ohio
Medina Summit Land Conservancy, Medina, Ohio
Community of Religious Leaders Ecology Group of Northeast, Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio