Dr. Christina D. Williams has been helping organizations function more effectively for over fifteen years. She consults to senior executives in accelerating business strategies through executive coaching, succession planning, senior team development, and organizational change management. She has experience in a wide array of industries including manufacturing, retail, healthcare, high tech, energy / electric utilities, law enforcement, and government agencies. She works with organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial firms to large Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to founding Atiara Group in 2006, she was Managing Director for RHR International. While at RHR, she worked extensively in the areas of leadership
assessment, selection and development. Prior to joining RHR International, Dr. Williams was a corporate psychologist for Kaiser Permanente. In that capacity, she consulted with Kaiser executives on issues involving executive development, succession planning and organizational change efforts. She has also served on the faculty of San Francisco State University teaching courses in Industrial / Organizational Psychology and Leadership Selection & Assessment.

She has been quoted extensively in the media: The Wall Street Journal (“Building a
Better CEO,” “How to Make the Best of a Revolving Door at Supervisor’s Seat”),
Harvard Management Update (“Taking Charge Fast”), MSN Marketing Intelligence
(“How to Move on When the Founder Quits”), and The Associated Press (“New Anti-
Terror Agency Takes Shape,” “Experts Say NASA’s Safety Culture May Be Too Broken
to Fix”).

Dr. Williams received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Arlington.
She received her Master’s degree and Ph.D. in Industrial / Organizational Psychology
from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a licensed psychologist in the state of Texas and is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She serves on Advisory Boards for The Nature Conservancy of North Texas and the University of Texas at Dallas Executive Education Program.