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Renée M. Williams
Renée Williams is the Founder of GoodWill Real Estate and operates as a luxury realtor licensed in Michigan with The Agency — focussed on growth in Lake Orion, Rochester, Davidson, Fenton, Oxford, and Clarkston - her hometown.
A product of a proud military family with Michigan roots, her many travels and several years living abroad have installed a deep-rooted commitment to serving others. Renée is bright, charming, and savvy, with the firsthand expertise to operate with the utmost confidence and transparency that her buyers, sellers, and investors have come to rely upon.
A former nationally ranked Rhythmic Gymnast and New England Patriots Cheerleader, Renée began her career as a political analyst in London's Parliament, followed by nearly a decade in Private Equity as a Financial Analyst in Midtown, Manhattan, at a global real estate-oriented merchant bank, asset management, and investment company — the industry leader in distressed and value-focused real estate investing (and owner of NAI Global and PZR, the nation's largest zoning due diligence company) earning her unrivaled experience across the real estate industry.
Her team still remains very active in the Hudson Valley, licensed in both New York and New Jersey with Green Team Realty, part of Better Homes and Gardens, as an established leading sales producer, Committee member of the Warwick Valley Rotary Club, and member of Leadership Orange — helping to identify and cultivate the next generation of leaders in Orange County.
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Prior to Founding of GoodWill Real Estate, Renée relinquished her role at C-III Capital Partners to devote more time to social impact matters. She then led Corporate Relations, Diversity Training, and Partnership Engagement at a minority-led, technology and social impact company in SoHo, New York providing top millennial, corporate professionals access to philanthropic, board leadership opportunities within well-known nonprofits and foundations before focussing full-time as a realtor.
Renée has worked extensively with investors, with experience across mixed-use commercial and residential real estate, and firsthand property development and interior design experience on her own projects.
A Political Science graduate of Boston University and Foreign Language Studies at London School of Economics, Renée is also an active member of the prestigious Alumni Society, an elite network of senior-level Latinx leaders who graduated from the country's top universities.
Renée enjoys an active life full of sports, travel and adventures with her husband, a designer and real estate investor, and their three young children in Michigan.
