Charlie E. Williams, Jr.

Charlie E. Williams, Jr.

President
CWilliams LLC

As President of CWilliams LLC, Charlie Williams provides strategic advice and support to the defense industry and government officials in all matters of acquisition planning, contract formation and general contract management processes.  Additionally, Mr. Williams lends support to the industry in ways that enables large and small companies to maneuver their way through the complexities of the defense acquisition system.

Mr. Williams currently serves as the Vice Chair, Planning for the Procurement Roundtable and as a Director on the Senior Executive Associations Board.  In August 2016, he was appointed as a Commissioner to the congressionally mandated Section 809 panel established to reform the Defense Acquisition Regulatory System. Mr. Williams served on the National Contract Management Association’s Board of Directors for six years and was the President in FY 2019.  He has previously served as a member of the Defense Acquisition University’s Board of Visitors and as a SAGE with the Partnership for Public Service.

Prior to establishing CWilliams LLC, Mr. Williams served as the Director of the Defense Contract Management Agency.  As Director, he was responsible for leading a Department of Defense Agency that consisted of more than 12,000 civilians and military personnel who execute worldwide contract management responsibilities, covering more than 18,000 contractors and contracts valued at more than $5 trillion.  Mr. Williams launched his career as a civilian member of the U.S. Air Force acquisition community, eventually rising to the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary Contracting, in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force for Acquisition.  During that time, he also served as the U.S. representative to the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Program, Board of Directors.

Mr. Williams is a member of the Defense Acquisition Corps and is Level III certified in Contracting. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, and a Master’s degree from Tennessee State University, Nashville.  He is also a 1996 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, where he earned a Master’s degree in national resource management.

Included among his awards are the Meritorious Executive Presidential Rank Award and the DoD Medal for Distinguished Civilian Service.

Anne C. McClain was selected by NASA in 2013. The Spokane, Washington native earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical/Aeronautical Engineering from West Point. A 2002 Marshall Scholar, McClain earned a Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Bath in Bath, England and a Master of Science in International Relations from the University of Bristol in Bristol, England. Lieutenant Colonel McClain, a Senior Army Aviator, has more than 2,000 flight hours in 20 different aircraft. She is a rated pilot for the C-12 Huron (King Air), UH-60 Blackhawk, and UH-72 Lakota and instructor pilot for the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. McLain most recently served as Flight Engineer on the International Space Station for Expedition 58 and 59.