02/11/2021
DR. JOANNA WILLIAMSON
Show Host
DR. JOANNA WILLIAMSON AKA “DR. JO”
JoAnna Williamson, Ph.D, JD, MBA, has four decades of experience in creating marketing and strategic communication plans for organizations and individuals. She now uses this expertise to facilitate human interaction in all aspects of our daily lives.
Dr. Williamson has achieved accolades and executive-level stature and results in the corporate, non-profit, academic, entrepreneurial, media and legal sectors.
She is a respected strategist, facilitator, mediator, presenter, speaker, instructor, panelist, trainer and coach for local, regional and national organizations, conferences, professional schools, webinars, special events and spiritual gatherings. She has won awards and accolades for her extensive professional and volunteer contributions to her community and society.
Dr. Williamson holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree with a concentration in Marketing from The Ohio State University, a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Capital University Law School and a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) in strategic communication from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After early positions in journalism and public relations, JoAnna was recruited into product management with The Procter & Gamble Company in Cincinnati, Ohio. She then moved into financial services marketing, rising to the position of Senior Vice President of Marketing for the largest retail affiliate of the Cleveland-based National City Corporation, where she managed the retail, corporate, trust, market research, advertising, public relations, telemarketing, sales support, product management and service quality departments, and later served in a legal capacity as a compliance and labor law attorney.
She has been a marketing vice president for the credit card and national lending divisions of Bank One Corporation (now JPMorgan Chase & Co.), vice president of marketing and vice president for resource development for United Way of Central Ohio, and President and CEO of a United Way-funded agency. As an entrepreneur, Dr. Williamson provides holistic communication services to individuals and organizations in a wide variety of industries and endeavors. She has received awards and accolades for her service on numerous professional and community boards and committees.
