User:Representative Alan Williams

Representative Alan Williams was born and raised in the Tallahassee, FL. He graduated from Rickards High School in 1993 and earned his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees in Business Administration from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU). His roots and dedication to his hometown run deep and wide.

Representative Williams is the President & CEO of MW Land & Investments, LLC, a property management and business development firm, founded in 2006.

In November 2008, Williams was elected to the Florida House of Representatives by the voters of District 8, encompassing parts of Leon and Gadsden Counties. Representative Williams currently serves on the Energy and Utilities Subcommittee, Senate Redistricting Subcommittee, Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Joint Committee on Public Counsel Oversight Committee, Transportation and Highway Safety Subcommittee and State Affairs Committee. Representative Williams also is the Vice Chairman of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus and Board Member of the National Conference of Black State Legislators.

In the years immediately before his election, Williams was an Aide to Tallahassee Mayor John Marks, serving as liaison between the community and the Office of the Mayor. He advised the Mayor on appointments to all city advisory boards and represented the Mayor’s interests as a board member for the Tallahassee Visitors and Area Convention Bureau and the NASA Challenger Learning Center Board of Advisors.

Living by the motto, “To whom much is given, much is required,” Representative Williams offers his time to several community charities and organizations. Representative Williams also serves in numerous civic capacities. He is an active and enthusiastic member of Leadership Tallahassee, Opportunity Tallahassee, Leadership Florida, area Chambers of Commerce, United Way of the Big Bend Board of Directors and the United States Commission on Civil Right Advisory Committee, to name but a few.

For his service he has been named Kappa Alpha Psi Brother of the Year, Northwest Florida League of Cities Legislator of the Year (2011), Leadership Tallahassee Board of Governors Chair (2008), Statewide Council of Advisors for Leadership Florida (2007), Ebony Magazine’s “Twenty Future Leaders under 30” (2003) and numerous others.

Rep. Alan Williams has two children, Adrianna Williams and Alan-Louis Williams.