http://www.olliedowell-pr.com Lessons in Learning from a Leader The business community will soon say goodbye to Otis Williams, Executive Director for the St. Louis Development Corporation (SLDC). Williams has led the organization since 2013. He is retiring in April. I met Williams when I was a reporter covering city government, economic development, and street crime. I tried to recruit him for Executive Director of the St. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District when I worked there as Director of Public Relations. As fate would have it, Williams settled into SLDC and I started my own public relations company, Ollie Dowell Communications, LLC (ODC). My role as an entrepreneur elevated me to see the greatness of Williams. He spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and retired at the rank of Colonel. He served as Deputy Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Commander and District Engineer of the Corps’ Tulsa Engineer District. In 2019, St. Louis Lambert International Airport invited Williams to deliver the keynote address for the Buse https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/f076707d/dms3rep/multi/Image+Ollie+%26+Otis+.JPG http://www.olliedowell-pr.com