Kimberly Williams
Senior Consultant

Kimberly Williams is a senior consultant with McCallum Sweeney Consulting (MSC), providing specialized skills and services in the areas of site evaluation, economic development strategic planning, geographic information systems (GIS) analysis, and demographics and labor analysis. Current and past site selection experience includes projects in general manufacturing, distribution, aerospace, chemical manufacturing, advanced materials, and renewable energy.

Ms. Williams is currently serving as project manager on a site selection project for an advanced manufacturing company that produces equipment for the chemical and energy industries. Ms. Williams’ most recent site location experience includes working with LM Glasfiber, the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbine blades, to identify a location for additional North American production capacity. In 2006, Ms. Williams assisted Cytec Engineered Materials in determining the optimal location for additional production capacity.

Ms. Williams has served as the project manager on significant economic development assignments for Duke Energy (2005-2007). In 2005, the MSC team, under Ms. Williams’ direction, developed and implemented a program to identify and evaluate mega-sites suitable for automotive assembly operations in the Duke Energy region. Additionally in 2005, the MSC team developed a program to identify and evaluate sites in the Duke Energy service territory for specific target industries, and provide recommendations on how to make the sites more ready for development. The program was updated and implemented in 2006 and 2007. Additional economic development experience includes assignments for the Southern California Edison (SCE); Kansas Department of Commerce; Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); the State of Pennsylvania; Sierra Pacific (Nevada); and Denison/Crawford County, Iowa.

Ms. Williams’ professional background includes internships with the Greenville Area Development Corporation; the City of Clemson, South Carolina; the City of Greenville, South Carolina; and Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America.

Ms. Williams has a Masters of City and Regional Planning from Clemson University, and was honored with the 2003 Citation in City and Regional Planning award. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. Ms. Williams’ professional memberships include the American Planning Association (APA), the Association of Public Data Users (APDU), and the South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA).