David Williams is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Valor Education.

Prior to starting Valor, Mr. Williams served as Executive Director of Great Hearts in San Antonio for three years. In this capacity, he oversaw the founding of two high-performing K-12 liberal arts charter schools. Prior to moving to San Antonio, Mr. Williams served for five years as the Headmaster of Glendale Preparatory Academy.

In addition to his roles in school and executive leadership, Mr. Williams enjoyed a distinguished teaching career, beginning in public high school in New Jersey. The heart of his teaching revolved around the creation of an integrated humanities program that brought the best of art, music, literature, and philosophy to his students. In recognition of his teaching achievement, the National Endowment for the Humanities named him New Jersey Teacher of the Year, and the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly passed a joint legislative resolution acclaiming his excellence in teaching. Mr. Williams has also taught at the college level at the University of Dallas where he studied philosophy as a doctoral student.

A graduate of Fairfield University, he holds Masters degrees in History, Liberal Arts, and Theology from the University of Notre Dame, St. John’s College, and the John Paul II Pontifical Institute. Mr. Williams also completed the Institute for Comparative Political and Economic Systems program at Georgetown University, and he is a CTI-trained professional coach.