Megan Williams
Partner Engagement Analyst @California Department of Social Services
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WORK HISTORY
Partner Engagement Analyst @California Department of Social Services
Sacramento, CA, US
Engagement and Equity Unit | Child and Adult Care Food Program | Family Engagement and Empowerment Division- Partner mapping (also commonly referred to as stakeholder mapping) for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)- Training and educating branch-wide staff on partner engagement strategies and methodologies with a particular emphasis on partner mapping- Planning, implementing, and facilitating state-wide webinars oriented towards building community and providing resources for child and adult care facilities participating in the CACFP on a quarterly basis- Conducting in-depth research on partner engagement and mapping best practices- Creating a comprehensive database of all CACFP partners - Crafting policies, processes, and procedures for CACFP staff to create engagement plans and implement engagement activities
EDUCATION
University of California, Davis
Master of Science - MS, Community Development
University of Maryland
Bachelor's degree, Environmental Science and Policy, Spanish Minor
ABOUT MEGAN WILLIAMS
Megan is a Partner Engagement Analyst for the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) at the California Department of Social Services. Her work with the Engagement and Equity Unit (EEU) focuses on assisting the CACFP to strategically engage with partners and collaborate for mutual benefit. In 2024, she graduated with her M.S. in Community Development from University of California, Davis. As a graduate student researcher, Megan partnered with the Feminist Research Institute on her thesis project centering their Environmental Justice Leaders Program. Her master\'s thesis project was a collaborative design and evaluative endeavor that culminated in a report with recommendations for how the institute can better build community-university partnerships centering long-term community needs. Megan\'s focus within her studies outside of her thesis project included topics of environmental justice, public space and infrastructure, green space design, and community-based participatory processes.As a former local government liaison, Megan built long-term community relationships through sustained engagement and problem-solving centering community needs. During her tenure, she helped address over community questions and concerns across a wide network of local governance structures. In addition to her work in constituent services, Megan served as an executive liaison, a position in which she helped to form and worked closely with La Alianza Latina, the Latino Workgroup of Howard County. Her work is informed and influenced by her passion for equity & justice-oriented community engaged work, policy, and research.Megan is committed to activism as former President of the Howard County Young Democrats, member of the HoCo NAACP, and member of the Howard County Conservancy Board of Trustees. This is also evident in her accomplishments during her time studying Environmental Science and Policy, with a Spanish Minor at the University of Maryland College Park. She was awarded the Excellence in Leadership & the Civic Engagement Awards through the Beyond the Classroom: Civic Leadership and Community Engagement program.
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