Wendi Williams

Dr. Wendi Williams is a visionary psychologist and educator who bridges the worlds of psychology, education, and leadership with clarity, compassion, and transformative insight. With more than two decades of executive leadership experience in higher education and the nonprofit sector, Dr. Wendi has dedicated her career to advancing the well-being, leadership, and liberation
of Black women and girls—and, by extension, all who seek to lead with purpose in uncertain times.

A passionate scholar and practitioner, her work illuminates the inner lives and everyday brilliance of Black women, crafting culturally responsive strategies that drive personal and organizational change grounded in the Black Women’s Liberatory Leadership (BWLL) Praxis framework she coined. From keynote stages to intimate coaching circles, she brings research to life through storytelling, strategic thinking, and transformative leadership development for leaders and teams committed to fostering more effective, inclusive, and transformative leadership.

Dr. Wendi is the author of Black Women at Work: On Refusal and Recovery and The Majestic Place: The Freedom Possible in Black Women’s Leadership—both of which offer powerful frameworks for navigating complexity with clarity and courage.

You can find her most personal and timely reflections at The Well with Dr. Wendi—her Substack blog and community space. There, she shares essays, insights, and practices on leading through liminality, building liberatory strategies, and cultivating clarity in the midst of change.

Whether through writing, workshops, coaching, or service to organizations, Dr. Wendi creates spaces for reflection, strategy, and renewal—guiding
leaders to move through uncertainty with resilience and intention. She is the 2026 President of the American Psychological Association.