Background
Williams, John Trent was born on July 23, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of William H. and Betty (Schneider) Williams.
public policy company executive
Williams, John Trent was born on July 23, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Son of William H. and Betty (Schneider) Williams.
Bachelor of Business Administration magna cum laude, Memphis State University, 1974. Master of Science, Louisiana State University, 1976.
Research analyst, division research, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1975-1976;
instructor microecons., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1976;
rate analyst, Louisiana Public Svc. Commission, Baton Rouge, 1976-1977;
project leader, associate department manager, Gulf South Research Institute, Baton Rouge, 1977-1979;
program manager economics division, Gulf South Research Institute, Baton Rouge, 1979-1983;
research division director, Gulf South Research Institute, Baton Rouge, 1984-1985;
vice president, Gulf South Research Institute, Baton Rouge, 1985-1988;
undersecretary, Louisiana Department Commerce, Baton Rouge, 1983-1984;
vice president, Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation, Baton Rouge, 1988-1992;
executive vice president, Louisiana Partnership for Technology and Innovation, Baton Rouge, 1993-1994;
principal, Regional Technology Strategies, Inc., Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since 1994;
director, USNet, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since 1994. Board directors AUG Incorporated, New York Orleans, Life Monitor Sys., Incorporated, New York Orleans, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Member Operation Bootstrap, Louisiana Power & Light, New Orleans, 1988-1990. Consultant Southern Technology Council, Research TrianglePark, North Carolina, since 1991, co-chairman, 1988-1989. Founding member Modernization Forum, Metrovision Task Force, New Orleans, 1992, mayor's strategic planning committee Economics Development, New Orleans, 1992.
Faculty member Southern Technology Council Regional Academy Industrial Modernization, 1992.
Member Leadership Louisiana, Baton Rouge, 1991. Member New York Academy of Sciences, Phi Kappa Phi, Gamma Sigma, Omicron Delta Epsilon.
Married Melinda Angel, December 29, 1974 (divorced 1980). 1 child, Courtney; married Lise Morreale, February 4, 1983. Children: Corinne, Adele, Peter.