Williamson, Desi

Desi Williamson beat the odds despite growing up surrounded by poverty. The former scholar-athlete at the University of Minnesota spent more than twenty years as an executive in corporate America where he built multimillion-dollar businesses, managed multi-million dollar budgets, and developed the potential in people for powerhouse companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Rain Bird Sprinkler Manufacturing, Pepsi Co, and Cadbury Schwepps. He also developed his own successful businesses in real estate, marketing, and distribution.