Vincent Williams is the Director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at the YWCA Metropolitan Chicago.  At 140 years old, it is the oldest women-focused social service organizations in Chicago. His position involves facilitating and coordinating the services of the Illinois SBDC and its required metrics. This included encouraging economic development and identifying and cultivating strategic partnerships within the communities around Chicagoland. As the Director of the IL SBDC and a small business owner, he also provides the subject matter expertise, resources, programs and one-on-one advising to aid small business owners and entrepreneurs seeking to start, scale/grow or dissolve their business. He was recently named to Diversity MBA Magazine’s 2018 Elite List of Top 100 Emerging and Executive Leaders under the age of 50, is a native South Sider and comes from a family of entrepreneurs.  He received a dual MBA in Finance and Management at The Morris Graduate School of Management in Chicago.