MACEO C. WILLIAMS, SR. 

   Maceo C. Williams, Sr.  is the President
   and CEO of MaceoMedia, a public relations
   firm based in Atlanta.  He was appointed to
   Atlanta Citizen Review Board by the
   Atlanta Planning Advisory Board (APAB)
   in November 2009 for a three (3) year
   term representing NPU's "S" through "Z."

   Mr. Williams has been a Civil Rights
   Activist for quite a few years.  He was
   raised in Chicago and was instrumental
   in starting the Chicago South End Jaycees,
as well as, being one of many who helped start the movement to get Harold Washington elected as Chicago's first black mayor. In 1977, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

Since living in Atlanta, Mr. Williams has been involved in the cosmetology industry.  In 1997, he served as a State of Georgia legislative lobbyist on behalf of the cosmetology industry during the Senate Bill #287, Senate Bill #615, and Senate Bill #95 hearings which passed in 2000. He also served on a Senate Study Committee designed to help promote Aerospace Development.

Mr. Williams started a business called 'LeVieux International' and it's mission was to increase opportunities in education, distribution and promotions for Georgia based businesses in the international marketplace. Acting as a consultant for 'The Center for Trade and Technology Transfer', he helped coordinate a teleconference with the country of Brazil and promoted 'The Georgia Conference on Investment, Trade and Tourism with Africa' for the cosmetology industry of Georgia. In 2000, Mr. Williams aided the State of Georgia efforts to implement a continuing education program for the cosmetology industry.

Currently, Mr. Williams writes a monthly article called 'Civil Rights and You' for the Georgia Informer.  He is also working on a project called Georgia Stand Up, a community affiliate of labor using professional research, communication, education, canvassing, lobbying and community organizing to demand that politicians address the priorities that matter most to working people.