MARGARET A. WILLIAMS - Corporate Board Profile

SCHOLASTIC CORP

Filing Date	Source Excerpt
2013-08-06	Margaret A. Williams, Partner, Griffin Williams LLC, age 58, director since 2010. She is a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. Director compensation for fiscal 2013 was $145,000.
2014-08-07	Margaret A. Williams. Ms. Williams is the Director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, having been appointed to that position in June 2014. She is also a founding partner in Griffin Williams, a consulting firm that helps clients navigate challenging communications, organizational and political environments. Ms. Williams is a Trustee of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD); an advisory board member of the Clinton Health Access Initiative; and a U.S. Commissioner to UNESCO. From 1993-97, Ms. Williams served as Assistant to President Clinton and Chief-of-Staff to First Lady Hillary Clinton. She was the first person to hold both positions concurrently. Previously, Ms. Williams was President of Fenton Communications, as well as media director for the Children’s Defense Fund and for the Center on Budget and Policy. Ms. Williams received her MA from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. The following table summarizes the total compensation provided by the Company to the Outside Directors for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2014. Margaret A. Williams total compensation for fiscal 2014 was $144,998.
2015-08-11	Margaret A. Williams. Ms. Williams is the Director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, having been appointed to that position in June 2014.
2016-08-09	Margaret A. Williams. Ms. Williams is the Director of the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University... Human Resources and Compensation Committee. John L. Davies (Chairperson), Peter Warwick, Margaret Williams and David J. Young are the current members of the Human Resources and Compensation Committee... Nominating and Governance Committee. Margaret Williams (Chairperson), Andrés Alonso and James W. Barge are the current members of the Nominating and Governance Committee... DIRECTOR COMPENSATION... Margaret Williams 149,995
2017-08-09	Margaret Williams Fiscal Year 2017 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash: $85,000 Stock Awards: $41,992 Option Awards: $28,005 Total: $154,997
2018-08-14	Margaret A. Williams. Ms. Williams is a founding partner of Griffin Williams Critical Point Management, a consulting firm that helps public and private clients navigate communication and management challenges in political, business and non-profit environments. In a political and advocacy career spanning three decades, Ms. Williams also held senior leadership, management, strategic planning and crisis communication positions at The White House and other public and private institutions. From 2014 to 2017, Ms. Williams took leave from her consulting firm to serve as director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard University. During the Clinton administration, Ms. Williams served as assistant to the president and chief of staff to the first lady, the first person to hold both titles concurrently. Following her White House service, she worked as President of Fenton Communications, becoming, at the time, the highest-ranking, African-American leader of a major U.S. public relations firms. From 1985-1990, Ms. Williams was director of communications for the Children’s Defense Fund. She also served as deputy director of media relations for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Ms. Williams began her career in public service in 1977 as a staffer for Congressman Morris K. Udall of Arizona. Ms. Williams is Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and has served on the boards of the Milano School of Management and Urban Policy at the New School; the Eli Segal Citizen Leadership Program at Brandeis; and on the advisory committee of Harvard’s IOP.
2019-08-08	Margaret A. Williams. Margaret Williams is a management consultant based in Westerly, RI. She is a founding partner of Griffin Williams Critical Point Management, a consulting firm helping clients navigate external communications and management challenges.
2020-08-11	Margaret A. Williams. Ms. Williams is a crisis communication and management consultant based in Westerly, RI. For fifteen years she was a founding partner of GriffinWilliams Critical Point Management, a Washington DC. firm, helping clients navigate external communications and management challenges. From 2014 to 2017, Ms. Williams took leave from her consulting business to serve as director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics. Ms. Williams held numerous senior leadership, management, strategic and crisis communications positions at the White House and other public and private institutions over the course of a political and children’s advocacy career spanning nearly three decades. During the Clinton administration, Ms. Williams served as assistant to the President and chief of staff to First Lady Hillary Clinton, the first person to hold both positions concurrently. She is a former president of Fenton Communications; served as director of communications for the Children’s Defense Fund; and was deputy director of media relations for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Ms. Williams began her public service career in 1977 as a staffer for Rep. Morris K. Udall of Arizona, a national leader in the conservationist and environmental movements. She is vice chair of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) board of trustees and has served on the boards of the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at the New School University; the Harvard University’s Institute of Politics; Brandeis University’s Eli Segal Citizen Leadership Program and as the Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
2021-08-11	Margaret A. Williams. Ms. Williams is a crisis communication and management consultant based in Westerly, RI. For fifteen years she was a founding partner of GriffinWilliams Critical Point Management, a Washington D.C. firm, helping clients navigate external communications and management challenges. From 2014 to 2017, Ms. Williams took leave from her consulting business to serve as director of Harvard’s Institute of Politics. Ms. Williams held numerous senior leadership, management, strategic and crisis communications positions at the White House and other public and private institutions over the course of a political and children’s advocacy career spanning nearly three decades. During the Clinton administration, Ms. Williams served as assistant to the President and chief of staff to First Lady Hillary Clinton, the first person to hold both positions concurrently. She is a former president of Fenton Communications; served as director of communications for the Children’s Defense Fund; and was deputy director of media relations for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Ms. Williams began her public service career in 1977 as a staffer for Rep. Morris K. Udall of Arizona, a national leader in the conservationist and environmental movements. She is vice chair of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) board of trustees and has served on the boards of the Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy at the New School University; the Harvard University’s Institute of Politics; Brandeis University’s Eli Segal Citizen Leadership Program and as the Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.