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Brian J. Williams

United Nations
Resident Coordinator in Albania
Brian J. Williams is the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Albania. Prior to his assignment in Albania, Mr. Williams served as Chief of Financing for Peacebuilding with the UN Peacebuilding Support Office at the United Nations Secretariat in New York. Under his leadership, the Peacebuilding Fund has funded over $300 million to over 25 post-conflict countries, with a focus on those on the agenda of the UN Peacebuilding Commission.

Prior to the work with the Peacebuilding Support Office, Mr. Williams focused on public health, the global HIV crisis. From 2004 to 2008, he served as the UNAIDS Country Coordinator in Myanmar.
From 2001-2004, Mr. Williams worked at the UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva in the country-support division. 
Since 1990, Mr. Williams has been involved in humanitarian assistance, governance, rule of law and post-conflict recovery in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Cambodia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi and Rwanda.

Mr. Williams has served as consultant for a number of United Nations Agencies and development organizations including the United States Agency for International Development and CARE International.
Mr. Williams holds a Master’s degree in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, and an undergraduate degree in engineering from Harvard University.
Mr. Williams is married and has two children.