M. Quentin Williams
Founder & CEO
M. Quentin Williams is the founder and CEO of Dedication to Community (D2C), the national nonprofit he established in 2012. Quentin’s career in law, professional sports and leadership consulting culminates in D2C, which delivers skills-building workshops and ongoing forums to improve understanding and build relationships in communities through healing, reconciliation and unity. D2C experts work with government agencies and the private sector on leadership education and relationship-building tools, and advise on critical issues in public safety and law enforcement.
An advocate, attorney and author-educator, Quentin is sought after as a speaker and thought leader who draws on his personal history as a former FBI agent and federal prosecutor, and also has held senior positions with the National Football League (NFL), Jacksonville Jaguars and National Basketball Association (NBA). In addition to leading D2C and law enforcement training for agencies across the U.S., Williams serves as a guest instructor at the FBI National Academy, has been a member of the Law Enforcement Education and Training Council at the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia and is a CRI-TAC registered subject matter expert.
A Charles E. Gorton High School (alma mater) 'Wall of Fame' inductee, Williams was selected as a UNITE Award recipient in 2022 by the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) for his lifelong commitment as an advocate for racial and social justice. He has been honored by the Miam HEAT as a 'Hometown Hero' (2023) for his work in South Florida and is also a member of the Sports Management Industry Advisory Board at the University of Florida, as well as the National District Attorneys Association's Law Enforcement Advisory Board.
Quentin earned his JD from St. John’s University School of Law, where he is an executive committee member of the Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boston College, which he attended on a football scholarship.
Known by friends and associates as “Q,” Quentin is of Caribbean and Jewish descent and grew up in New York City and Yonkers, New York. He is the proud father of a son and daughter, and credits his first-born as the inspiration for writing A Survival Guide: How NOT to get KILLED by the POLICE, Part I.
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Articles about Q
“He offers precisely the type of proactive, solution-oriented framework these turbulent times demand.” — Boston Globe (September 2020)
“Quentin Williams is the man we all have been waiting for.” — Charlotte Observer Viewpoint (April 2016)