Liza Williams serves as Vice President, Performance Management at Alliance College-Ready Public Schools. In this role she is responsible for developing, communicating and executing a comprehensive performance management and compensation strategy for the network. Foundational to this work is determining the values Alliance uses to reward, compensate, advance and retain our employees.
Liza began her career in education twenty-five years ago as a high school English and ELD teacher. From that role she moved into the position of ELD Coordinator and worked with the district to design and lead staff development for all teachers across the organization. Based on her interest in teacher education she made the decision to transition to higher education where she served as an affiliate faculty member and Director of the Elementary and Secondary Teacher Education programs at Loyola Marymount University.
Liza moved to Los Angeles from Sweden when she was 11 years old. Her experience as an English Learner is what drove her passion for a career in education and working with immigrant students specifically. She is married and a mother to four teen daughters and two dogs.
Education Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA M.Ed., Secondary Education, English, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA B.A., Women’s Studies, Education Minor, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA M.P.A., Domestic Policy, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ B.A., Political Science, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Professional Clear Single Subject Teaching Credential in English with CLAD Certification, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA