Ms. Amy Williams joined the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) as its Executive Director in 2019. NACEP is the nation’s sole dual and concurrent enrollment accrediting body and has more than 23 years of experience in supporting programs, practitioners, and policy to advance early access to quality college courses for high school students. Previously, Ms. Williams was the State Director of Career & Technical Education and Dual Enrollment for Montana and led the state’s efforts to expand access and increase affordability in dual enrollment through college and career pathways. Mrs. Williams has more than two decades of experience in secondary and postsecondary education and a strong background in research science.  She has a passion for exploring policy levers at the institution, state, and national level to build relevancy into education, ignite a passion for learning, and give students an early start on college and career.