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Hanks-Williamson
& Associates is comprised of two
seasoned executives who have distilled nearly 60
years of work experience into a short list of
things we are really good at and like to do.
We have a burning passion for excellence
among leaders and organizations, because we have
seen repeatedly how important a real commitment to
excellence is in achieving success in meeting your
mission.
Recently
retired from J. Sargeant Reynolds Community
College, Dr. Joanna D. Hanks and Fred Williamson
are the two principals of Hanks-Williamson &
Associates.
Dr.
Hanks has been a college educator and trainer,
middle manager, marketing and public relations
chief, textbook author, community college Dean for
Economic Development and Executive Vice President,
and community and economic development leader.
Williamson has been a military intelligence
analyst, a university educator, a marketing
executive -- and later a senior member of the
government affairs team -- with a Fortune 100
company, a state cabinet-level political appointee
and, lastly, a community college Dean for
Workforce Development.
Economic
and Workforce Development
There
are three areas of community development where we
have extensive experience:
- Economic
Development
- Workforce
Development
- Community
College Planning and Leadership.
The
three are closely related.
Sustainable economic development is high on
every community’s list.
Attracting, training, and retaining the
workforce necessary to support this growth is
often a major hurdle to be addressed in achieving
that goal. Community
colleges can be a critical component in both areas
if college leadership is fully attuned to and able
to support community needs.
Economic
Development:
Having
been a resource to our communities in the area of
economic development for many years, we have
gained a real grassroots understanding of what
works and what doesn’t in this complicated area.
Our experience includes serving on multiple
economic development planning commissions, serving
as a college Dean for Economic Development,
serving as Executive Director of a gubernatorial
commission involved with economic growth and
development issues, and having made countless
presentations to prospective business clients on
behalf of local economic development
organizations, conducting business retention and
expansion surveys and developing and overseeing
the implementation of effective development
strategies
Workforce
Development:
Having
both served as Deans for Workforce Development and
run highly successful, self-supporting programs
with annual revenues exceeding three million
dollars for six lines of business, we can help
your community build an outstanding workforce
development program that will attract new
employers and help existing businesses grow.
Community
College Planning and Leadership:
Strategic
planning that identifies the critical linkages
that should exist between the college and the
community is a key component of success. Effective leadership in the college
environment can be a challenge because of the many
diverse elements and interests that comprise a
college. Having
been effective faculty members and administrators,
including executive vice president of a large
college and a political appointee to a statewide
office, we have relevant knowledge and insight to
bring to bear on the challenges and opportunities
in developing necessary strategy and effectively
implementing the attendant organizational changes.
Publications
“A
House Divided: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”
The Community College Journal (summer 2002
publication date)
ASHE-ERIC
Joanna D. Hanks and Fred H. Williamson
Procedures
for the Office Professional, 4th Ed.
South-Western Publishing Company, 2000
Fulton
and Hanks
“The
Digital Dominion”
Published by the Office of the Governor,
Commonwealth
of
Virginia, May 2000
Williamson and Boyd
An
Industrial Cluster Analysis of the Virginia
Economy, Senate document No. 26, Commonwealth
of
Virginia, Chmura, Williamson, Lunn and Schwartz, January
2000.
An
Assessment of the Intellectual Property Policies
and Practices in Virginia’s Public Universities
and Federal Laboratories, Jagtiani and Williamson, Senate Document
No. 25, Commonwealth of Virginia, February 2000.
A
Joint Study of Research and Development Tax
Incentives, Williamson, Hunt, Mangum, et
al, House Document No. 46, Commonwealth
of
Virginia, February 2000.
Reports
of The Governor’s Commission on Information
Technology:
Fred
H. Williamson, Executive Director and Primary
Author, Published by the Commonwealth
of
Virginia
Toward a Comprehensive Internet Policy for the
Commonwealth
of Virginia, December 1998
Toward
a Statewide Investment Strategy: Leveraging
Information Technology for Regional Growth,,
May 1999
Investing in the Future: Toward a 21st Century
Information Technology Workforce, September
1999
Establishing a Model
State
Policy: The
Role of Government in the Information Economy,
December 1999
“Workforce
Development: A Corporate Survival,”
Hanover
Business
Line, November 1997
Joanna D. Hanks
Procedures
for the Office Professional, 3rd Ed.
South-Western Publishing Company, 1996
Fulton
and Hanks
An
Exploratory Study of the Motivation for Seeking
Outside Employment and Its Relationship to the
Effectiveness of Community College Faculty
Doctoral Dissertation, 1996
The College
of
William
and Mary
Joanna D. Hanks
Document
Formatting and Production
South-Western Publishing Company, 1991
Hanks and Fisher-Larson
Procedures
for the Office Professional, 2nd Ed.
South-Western Publishing Company, 1990
Fulton
and Hanks
Procedures
for the Professional Secretary
South-Western Publishing Company, 1984
Fulton
and Hanks
Typewriting
Office Practice for Colleges
South-Western Publishing Company, 1983
Bell
and Hanks
"A
Self-Paced Learning System in an Urban
Environment," Hanks, Riddle, Paul
The Journal of Business Education, October,
1978
Columns
August
7: Save
the Planet -- Stay Home!
In
an Internet-friendly state like Virginia, there is no
excuse for so many people clogging the roads when they
could be telecommuting.
January
16: Mississippi
Returning. The
devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina was awe
inspiring. But so was the pluck and fortitude of the
people in Mississippi's Gulf
region we had the fortune to meet.
January
3: Communicating
for Health
and Safety.
First
responders can coordinate far more effectively during
emergencies when they can talk with each. Every
Virginian should agitate for communications
"interoperability". The patootie you save
could be your own.
-
2005 -
September
19: The
Lessons of Katrina. Virginians
don't have to worry about broken levees, but
Hurricane Katrina still gave
us plenty to think about.
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2004 -
April
26:
Last
Chance for Gooberville. Virginia's
mill-town economy is dying, along with a way of
life. Rural inhabitants need to get over it -- and
either learn the skills required to
prosper in the 21st century, or pack it in.
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2003 -
October
20: Dress
Rehearsal. Think
of Hurricane Isabel as a trial run for a possible
terrorist attack. The storm exposed significant
flaws in Virginia's disaster-response system.
May
19: Workforce Wobbles.
Employers are hiring immigrants to fill jobs that Americans don't
want -- not just digging ditches but middle-class,
technical occupations. Virginians need to get a
grip on the new workforce realities.
March
31: On
War.
Americans are historically uncomfortable
when the President exercises military power in the
national interest but that’s the way the system
is intended to work – and in today’s dangerous
world, let’s be grateful it does.
February
24: Creativity
Is Where You Find It. Even
rural regions can pursue a "creative
class" economic development strategy. But
success will require attention to lifestyle
amenities and a new openness to newcomers and
cultural diversity.
February
3: Rethinking
Education. If
Richmond, or any other region, wants to build a
"creative class," one place to start is
with the K-12 schools.
January
13: Conundrum
or Comedy? Virginia is subsidizing rural
economic development in a big way. But until rural
inhabitants change fundamental values and
priorities, the investment may be a waste of
money.
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2002 -
December
16: No
Tax Hike. That's
fine for a bumper sticker slogan, but it's no
substitute for governing. Republicans need to
figure out what they're for.
November
18: Computing,
Not Commuting.
Telecommuting
is not a Buck Rogers fantasy anymore. A tax break
to promote working at home might relieve more
traffic congestion than building new roads and metro stations.
October
21: No
Way to Run a Paved Road.
The
Commonwealth's road-building program is probably even more
expensive than it appears. Why can't VDOT apply the same
engineering advances found everywhere else?
October
7: The
Leadership Hassle. Will there be enough
qualified leaders to meet Virginia's needs? The time to
start planning your organization's leadership succession
is now.
August
12, 2002: Desperately
Seeking CIT
The
reason it's so hard to define a mission for the Center
for Innovative Technology is that the concept behind the
Center is flawed.
July 22, 2002:
Easy to
Love... But hard to find. Richmond needs
to do
more to put itself on the map.
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