
Calvin Williams is a consultant with Lucian Families Inc., a Cincinnati, Ohio-based company that provides training, program development and innovation strategies to community-based and government organizations that serve fathers, parents, co-parents, and couples. Mr. Williams serves as the Fatherhood Coordinator for the Hamilton County (Ohio) Department of Job and Family Services. He is a Certified Lactation Counselor and is a co-author of, and Master Trainer for PREP Inc.’s “On My Shoulders” fatherhood curriculum. Mr. Williams previously served as the Director of Fatherhood Services for Public Strategies Inc. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Before joining Public Strategies, Mr. Williams was as the Program Director for two Cincinnati-based fatherhood programs: The Lighthouse Youth Services REAL Dads Program, and the Services United for Mothers and Adolescents Fatherhood Project. He helped launch the Community Building Institute at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving as the initial Co-Director, and is a founding and current board member for the Ohio Practitioners Network for Fathers & Families. Mr. Williams is a founding member of the Wisdom Council for Reaching Our Brothers Everywhere, an Atlanta-based organization focused on African-American infant mortality and breastfeeding. He serves on the Public health Advisory Team for First Candle, is a member of the Fathers Special Interest Group of Marce of North America, which focuses on the mental health of fathers in the perinatal period and serves on the Hamilton County (Ohio) Fetal Infant Mortality Review team.