Dr. Tyree Williams is ACLU-PA’s major gifts officer and works in the Philadelphia office. Tyree has over 15 years in education, government, and nonprofit sectors. His background includes the identification, cultivation, and stewardship of donors and supporters. He earned his B.A. from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, the oldest historically Black college and university in the United States. He then went on to earn his MBA (Pitt), M.S.Ed (Penn), and EdD (Temple).
Prior to the ACLU-PA, he led Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Community and Education (K-20) Partners fundraising initiatives, including the Great Lemonade War. Most recently, he served as the director of programming and social impact for 1st Not Next, Inc., raising funds for events such as the annual Project Cold War Coat Drive and End of Year Holiday Day Cheer, providing hundreds of Philadelphia families with brand new winter attire and toys.
In his free time, Tyree enjoys watching horror movies and TV shows or playing VR (Quest), or both horror games in VR (Arizona Sunshine for the win!). (Philadelphia)