Alumni Speaker Series

Yolonda Williams (BA '05)

Chair and Professor, Business Program, Tacoma Community College

February 12, 2025
6 - 7:30 p.m.
 

Yolonda Williams (SIAS) has worked in Education for over 27 years in a variety of positions from student finance, scholarships, administration and instruction. Her goal is to assist students in removing barriers to higher education while working as a guide to successful completion. Education is important to her, and she wants to ensure every student has the knowledge and skills they need to be successful — to understand that higher education is not an impossibility and that they can achieve their educational goals.

Akua Asare-Konadu (BA '15)

Technology Transactions and Privacy Associate, Perkins Coie

March 5, 2025
6 - 7:30 p.m.
 

Akua Asare-Konadu graduated from UW Tacoma in 2015 with a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. Before enrolling in law school, Akua worked as a legislative assistant to Washington State Senator Rebecca Saldana. She has also worked as a session aide, a legislative fellow, a state senate and federal house intern, and a regional field director for a U.S. Senate campaign. While in law school, Akua worked as a judicial extern for the Hon. Steven C. Gonzalez and as a summer associate for a West Coast law firm. She also served as the managing editor of the Seattle Journal for Social Justice. Before joining Perkins Coie, Akua completed a judicial clerkship for the Hon. Barbara A. Madsen of the Washington State Supreme Court.

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