COURTNEY INGRAM OLIVIA HOWARD
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EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, BGMU
NATHAN WILLIAMS
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & TALENT, BOWLING GREEN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARTNER & PROJECT MANAGER, WILLIAMS ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS
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slowing down to coach others intentionally and building
orking alongside family comes with a unique kind of Olivia’s passion for youth development extends trust, and Nathan Williams deep into the community throughwouldn’t her active involvement trade it for anything. As partner project manager at Williams Associates with Refuge Bowling Green, and Warren County Public Architects, he builds on the legacy started Schools and the Bowling Green Independent School by his father, pairing sharp design expertise with regional a deep commitment District. When she is not driving growth orto South Central Kentucky. A University of Kentucky cheering for her beloved Indianapolis Colts, Olivia College of Design graduate, Nathan stays on the go enjoying downtown community events,projects from guides local commercial initialdiving concept drawings spending time outdoors, traveling, into a goodthrough final construction, ensuring every space book and connecting with loved ones. Looking ahead, genuinely serves the community. she remains energized by theOutside opportunity to Nathan keep focuses the office, on fatherhood and passing down evolving alongside the vibrant community she calls those same strong values to his home. two boys, Wyatt and Colt. Life with his wife, Morgan, stays delightfully active, filled with golf rounds, creek explorations, family walks and quiet weekends at home.
trust in fast paced environments.
DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION & TALENT, BOWLING GREEN AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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OLIVIA HOWARD
hen Olivia Howard came to Bowling taught her the art of bridging generational perspectives,
Green in 2014 to attend Western slowing down to coach others intentionally and building Kentucky University, she was taking
her first steps toward a career she had been curious
trust in fast paced environments. Olivia’s passion for youth development extends
about since childhood. Growing up in Evansville, deep into the community through her active involvement Indiana, she often wondered what her mother’s work with Refuge Bowling Green, Warren County Public at the local chamber actually entailed. That lifelong
Schools and the Bowling Green Independent School
curiosity came full circle when Olivia landed an
District. When she is not driving regional growth or
internship at the Bowling Green Area Chamber of
cheering for her beloved Indianapolis Colts, Olivia
Commerce. Over the past nine years, the corporate and stays on the go enjoying downtown community events, organizational communication graduate transformed
spending time outdoors, traveling, diving into a good
that college position into a thriving career, advancing book and connecting with loved ones. Looking ahead, to Director of Education & Talent.
she remains energized by the opportunity to keep
Today, Olivia manages high impact initiatives like evolving alongside the vibrant community she calls SCK LAUNCH, Bowling Green Young Professionals and Leadership Bowling Green to grow, retain and attract top talent across the region. She credits much of her leadership style to her mentor Sandra Baker, who
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home.