DIAMOND WILLIAMS is a Senior Policy Associate on the Competencies and Credentials Team at Corporation for a Skilled Workforce. She supports efforts to expand the use of competencies and credentials within learning and talent management systems to remove educational barriers and increase career opportunities for low-wage workers with a particular emphasis on people of color. Diamond has served as a program developer, direct service provider and adviser. Previously, as Employment and Education Specialist at Café Reconcile, Diamond supported the organization’s mission to address the system of generational poverty, violence and neglect leading an innovative employability training curriculum coupled with social service supports.