Williams – VP Engagement Marketing @ Burrell.

Burrell has named Kelly Williams vice president, Engagement Marketing. Williams was previously director of public relations and investor relations at San Diego-based Cubic Corporation. In her new role, she will direct Burrell’s Engagement Marketing and Public Relations client activities, which focus on African-American, Yurban(R) and general consumer markets.

Williams, whose public relations career started more than a decade ago with AT&T, has also worked as a television news reporter. In addition, she is author of Single Mamahood, Advice and Wisdom for the African-American Single Mother. Williams spent two years as visiting assistant professor at the University of North Florida and has been an instructor at San Diego State University. She has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Lincoln University in Missouri.