Dessima Williams

Dessima D. Williams
Williams in 2014
President of the Senate
Assumed office
31 August 2022
Prime MinisterDickon Mitchell
Preceded byChester Humphrey
Personal details
NationalityGrenadian
Alma materAmerican University
University of Minnesota
OccupationDiplomat and former Ambassador to the United Nations

Dessima D Williams is a Grenadian diplomat and former Ambassador to the United Nations from Grenada who was reappointed to the ambassadorship in 2008. Since 2022 she has been President of the Senate.[1]

She was a professor of sociology, development and gender at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts as well as serving as the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) chair during COP15 in Copenhagen (2009-2011). She is currently a Strategic Adviser to Oxfam on climate change.[2] Dr. Williams holds a Ph.D. from American University and a bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. She is also the founder and Director of the Grenada Education and Development Programme (GRENED).

  1. ^ "New Speaker and Senate President sworn in | NOW Grenada". www.nowgrenada.com. 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Urgency of action paramount". Oxfam NZ. 2015-05-20. Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2018-03-08.