| Summary: | Advertising chief executive Carol Williams was born on October 11,1949 in Chicago, Illinois. Williams earned her B.S. degree in biology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in 1971. She earned her M.A. degree in arts and sciences from Northwestern as well. Williams began her career in advertising during her undergraduate years, initially working at the Leo Burnett Company in Chicago, Illinois. She went on to become the first African American female Creative Director and Vice President at Leo Burnett. She then held the same position at Foote, Cone & Belding in San Francisco, California. In the mid-1980s, Williams briefly left the advertising industry to raise a family, but returned in 1986 to start her own ad agency, Carol H. Williams Advertising in Emeryville, California. Carol H. Williams advertising worked with clients seeking to target African American and urban markets. Organizations, including AdAge Magazine and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, have honored Williams' work.
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