Jonathan B. Williams

Jonathan is the Vice President of the Ready by 21 National Partnership.

He provides direction to the 14 organizations that make up the Ready by 21 National Partnership, which engages leaders to ask bigger questions, build better partnerships and identify bolder strategies to result in better outcomes for children and youth, making them ready for college, work and life by the age of 21.

Prior to joining the Forum, Jonathan served for 8 years at the Corporation for National and Community Service - the federal agency that oversees AmeriCorps, Senior Corps, and Learn and Serve America - where he guided several new initiatives ranging in scope from establishing diversity programs to directing signature events and fundraising. In addition to his work at the national level, Jonathan has local, nonprofit experience gained during his time as Director of Programs for Heads Up of Washington, DC. Heads Up is a successful family literacy program that has been recognized as a model for both after-school design and college student engagement.

Before coming to the Washington, DC metro area, Jonathan’s career was spent in college admissions and financial aid work at both the post-secondary and secondary levels. During stints at Dartmouth College, University of Pennsylvania and Oberlin College, he specialized in assisting students of color and other under-represented students in their quest for higher education. Jonathan has degrees from Dartmouth College and the University of Maryland, College Park. He and his wife, Julie, live in Silver Spring, MD with their daughter and son, Kira and Tanner.