Lavada is a global transformation leader with 20+ years of experience leading global change initiatives for high performance organizations such as Cargill, Bank of America and Deloitte. She has a proven track record developing, redesigning and implementing complex, large-scale solutions and driving multiple projects to completion. Lavada has advised and provided strategic leadership to C-level executives on leading highly effective and efficient global teams. Her areas of expertise include: Business Start-up & Transformation, Change & Education Management, Leadership Assessment, Alignment & Development, Learning & Organizational Effectiveness, Mergers & Acquisitions/Culture Integration, Performance Improvement, and Talent Development. While at Deloitte, she authored the Business Models, Culture, Leadership and Vision/Strategy sections of a white paper on Creating a High-Performance Organization.
Lavada has experience creating and leading charitable foundations and non-profit organizations. Along with her husband Ron, she co-leads The Ron and Lavada Williams Foundation where she is President and Global Programs Director. The Foundation supports the Les Freres Unis (The United Brothers) school in Fort Liberte’, Haiti. Other past charitable and service leadership includes Founding Member of Build the Future USA (South Africa mission’s organization) and coleader of the Hampton Roads campaign fundraisers for the Office of U.S. Congress and Governor of Virginia.
In 1993, Lavada was selected to coordinate the Governor’s Annual Meeting luncheon and program on behalf of Governor Douglas Wilder. That same year, she was awarded the Small Business Minority Advocate of the Year from The Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. In 1994, Lavada was appointed by Governor Wilder to a 4-year Commission to the World Trade Alliance of the Blue Ridge. Lavada holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from Christopher Newport University and is a graduate of the Leadership Institute of the Virginia Peninsula Chamber of Commerce.
Lavada resides in Delray Beach, Florida with her husband Ron where she is Owner of Ksquared Events and sits on the board of Pace Center for Girls Palm Beach.
