Jessica (Goldberg) Williams is an EDC Project Director, certified prevention specialist, and public health expert. Across EDC, she leads the design and delivery of engaging and effective training and technical assistance (TTA). She specializes in building capacity to improve health, mental health, and behavioral health, recently expanding her focus to include maternal and child health. Her key areas of expertise include substance use prevention; cross-sector collaborations; and strategic planning, sustainability planning, and logic model design.

As EDC’s Project Director for the Northeast and Caribbean Prevention Technology Transfer Center, Jessica oversees the design and delivery of TTA. As Deputy Director of TTA for EDC’s Strategic Prevention Technical Assistance Center, she oversees TTA delivered to national audiences and affinity groups of grantees. As a member of EDC Solutions’ Prevention Solutions team, she supports state agencies and community-based organizations in addressing behavioral health-related challenges.

Jessica facilitates and advises on innovative learning opportunities for multiple initiatives. Currently, she is heading up communities of practice as a TTA Specialist for the BHWISE project and leadership development approaches as the Lead Trainer for EDC’s Partnership for National Maternal and Child Health Leadership Project.

Before joining EDC, Jessica was a community health specialist for the Regional Center for Healthy Communities and a consultant for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Jessica holds an MPH and an MSW from Boston University.