


She and Dick are currently raising their 20 year-old grandson, Jordan and their 18 year-old granddaughter, Janae. She is married to Dick Williams of Greeneville, and has three grown children. Susan grew up in Savannah, Tennessee and holds a Cum Laude bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee. She was honored by the YWCA as one of "Thirty Remarkable Women" in the Knoxville area who have made a difference in the community. Her service on both the TVA and UT Boards were unique in Tennessee’s history. In 20, Susan was listed on the “Top 100 Most Powerful Tennesseans” in the “Business TN” magazine, one of a very few women in east Tennessee. Susan is also a regular panelist on WBIR-TV’s “Inside Tennessee,” a weekly political insiders’ television show and appears regularly on local radio talk shows as a commentator. Williamson, who grew up the daughter of a career salesman and spent a summer as a public relations intern on Capitol. though she recently read Jon Krakauers Into the Wild.) Ms. Williamson admits, she doesnt like to talk about it much. Susan also serves on the Advisory Board of the Legacy Parks Foundation and the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. Susan Williamson entered the world of direct marketing selling envelopes. She also currently serves on the Knoxville Chamber Board of Directors and chairs the Government Relations Committee as well as serving on the Historic Tennessee Theatre Board of Directors and the YMCA Board. She is a current board member and past president of the East Tennessee Historical Society, a member of the Executive Women’s Association, and a former board member of the Knoxville Opera Company, and alumnus of Leadership Knoxville. She served 12 years on the University of Tennessee’s Board of Trustees where she chaired the Advancement and Communications Committee and also served on the Executive Committee. During her term, she led efforts to establish a new land policy for TVA, which resulted in her being named “Land Conservationist of the Year” by the Tennessee Wildlife Federation. Senate as a member of the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors. In 2006, Susan was nominated by President George W. Williams also served for eight years as Associate Athletics Director with the University of Tennessee Lady Vols.

Senator and was elected Chair of the Tennessee Republican Party. She was a Tennessee press representative for a U.S. She has been in the Cabinet of two Governors and on the staff of a third. Prior to launching SRW & Associates, Susan managed the Knoxville office of The Ingram Group, a statewide public relations firm. In addition to years of expertise, Susan brings her relationships within government, industry, and the media to her clients, which include Gulf & Ohio Railways, Locust Street Group, Merit Construction, The Hollingsworth Foundation and The Utility Management Federation. Exhibitors assume complete responsibility and hereby agree to protect, indemnify, defend, save and hold PADONA and the contracting hotel and their employees and agents harmless against all claims, losses or damages to persons or property, governmental charges or fines and attorney fees arising out of or caused by exhibitor’s installation, removal, maintenance, occupancy or use of the exhibition premises, except to the extent that such claims, losses or damages is caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of PADONA or the contracting hotel and their employees and agents.Susan Richardson Williams has spent most of her life in the public and private sector working primarily in the government and community relations arenas and is well-known throughout the region as a leader in public affairs and business. Space is leased with the understanding that PADONA and the contracted hotel assume no liability whatsoever for damages, for any act of omission or commission in connection with said agency, and that the exhibitor and their representative(s) hereby releases PADONA and the contracted hotel from any or all liability for loss ensuing from any cause whatsoever. Upon retiring from teaching, Susan ran a successful Kumon tutoring franchise and continued tutoring after closing the business. Susan continued teaching at each stop and made an impact on the lives of everyone she met. However each exhibitor must make provisions to safeguard their goods from the time they are placed in the area until they are removed at the end of the convention. It was while in Pittsburgh that their son, Philip Boyd Williamson, was born in April of 1993. Hotel security will be provided during non-exhibit hours.
