RCEI ASSOCIATE

LAURA WILLIAMS
Laura Williams is a freelancer whose career spans 30 years in marketing, advertising and communications in the energy, commercial real estate, and retail industries.  As Assistant Vice President, Advertising, and Director of Marketing for The Mills Corporation for seven years, Ms. Williams promoted the company's portfolio of 40+ shopping malls throughout the United States and Canada.  Prior to her position with The Mills, Ms. Williams was Associate Director and Manager of Advertising for the American Gas Association (AGA).  There, she guided and implemented the association's national advertising program to residential, commercial and industrial markets as well as government and opinion leaders.  She also managed the association's cooperative advertising program, developing individual campaigns for a broad roster of manufacturers' brands of gas appliances and equipment.  Ms. Williams' responsibilities at AGA also included work in Consumer Information and Editorial Services.  Ms. Williams has served on the National Advertising Review Board of the Council of Better Business Bureaus as well as on the Board of Directors of the Advertising Club of Washington and Utility Communicators International.  Currently a resident of Arlington, Virginia, Ms. Williams lived for many years in India and Turkey and has traveled extensively throughout the world.  Ms Williams has an M.A. in English, Professional Writing and Editing, from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and a B.A. in English from Windham College, Putney, Vermont.