Brandon Williams is the Founder and Executive Director of Economic Pathways Coalition (EPC), a mission-driven nonprofit advancing equitable access to high-opportunity career pathways for rural and underserved students. He brings more than 23 years of leadership experience as a U.S. Army Warrant Officer, where he led complex, people-centered systems at the intersection of strategy, talent management, and long-range workforce readiness. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management from University of Arizona Global Campus.

Throughout his military career with the U.S. Army, Mr. Williams held senior roles in strategic planning and human resources, designing and managing talent pipelines that supported mission-critical capabilities. In the final six years of his service, he served within the aviation enterprise as a Talent Management Officer for U.S. Special Operations Aviation Command. That experience deepened his conviction that aviation, aerospace, and emerging technologies can serve as powerful engines of economic mobility when access is provided early and pathways are clearly connected to real careers.

Mr. Williams founded EPC to address a persistent systems gap: students in rural communities often lack visibility, access, and proximity to high-growth career fields. EPC’s work reflects his belief that workforce pathways must be practical, credential-aligned, and rooted in community partnership and that digital and AI literacy will be as foundational to the modern economy as basic literacy is today.

Mr. Williams maintains deep family ties to the Wiregrass region and a personal connection to Fort Rucker, grounding his leadership in trust-building, local collaboration, and long-term regional commitment.