Billy Williams 
Billy M. Williams is AGU’s senior vice president for diversity, ethics and inclusion. He leads the organization’s strategic initiatives as they relate to both scientific ethics and diversity. Williams was the principal investigator and lead organizer for the September 2016 workshop funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) titled, "Sexual Harassment in the Sciences: A Call to Respond." He also serves as a co-principal investigator on the NSF grant, "ADVANCE Partnership: From the Classroom to the Field: Improving the Workplace in the Geosciences."
Williams was a member of the 2017-2018 National Academies’ Committee on Impact of Sexual Harassment in Academic Science, Engineering and Medicine. Prior to joining AGU, he served as a senior program officer at the National Academies of Sciences and as a global research and development director at the Dow Chemical Company.
We are excited to announce the launch of the AGU LANDInG Community of Practice (CoP), a free, open-access, virtual platform offering resources and tools for learning, networking, and building momentum that fosters diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), and belonging across the geosciences. We encourage you to register for the AGU LANDInG CoP for free today at … Read more
We are excited to announce the launch of AGU LANDInG-PRFP (Leadership Academy and Network for Diversity and Inclusion in the Geosciences-Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program), an initiative to provide professional development in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and related scientific skills to postdoctoral scholars. This new program is funded through the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Directorate … Read more
We are excited to announce the selection of the first cohort of Academy Fellows for AGU LANDInG Academy, a two-year professional development program for current and aspiring diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leaders in the Earth and space sciences. Earth and space science remains one of the least diverse fields in STEM. Until diversity is … Read more
Today, AGU released its annual ethics report detailing the efforts of our community to support greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the sciences.