Martine Quartey
October 21, 2021Danielle Davis
October 22, 2021Malinda Starr Williams
Deputy Executive Director at Omaha 100, Inc.
Malinda Starr Williams is the Deputy Executive Director at Omaha 100, Inc. She provides vision and leadership for the organization through focusing on service to the team and customers, directing and implementing the strategic plan, developing and balancing the budget, and providing accountability, policies and procedures for the organization.
Although relatively new to the nonprofit space, Malinda has always had a passion for empowering the community through education and access to financial resources which she began through her entrepreneurial journey in the financial services industry with Edward Jones Investment Firm in 2006. After operating a successful practice for 5 years she became a Transitional Financial Advisor for Edward Jones where she travelled full time across the nation to lead branch transitions, protect clients and firm assets, and onboard and train new advisors as they built their new practices. Upon relocating to Omaha, Malinda served the heartland region as a financial advisor of institutional retirement plans for TIAA-CREF. She later joined Northwestern Mutual as the VP of Growth and Development for the Ludacka Private Wealth team.
In 2019, taking the wealth of knowledge and wisdom gained through each experience, Malinda founded and became Managing Partner for MVEST Wealth Partners, a family-owned, comprehensive financial planning and investment firm. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina in Business Administration and Public Relations and completed her Executive MBA at the University of Nebraska Omaha. She holds a series 7 and 66 investment license as well as Life & Health insurance licenses for multiple states. She is a member of the Psi Chi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Soroity Inc, I Be Black Girl Advisory Committee, National Urban League Finance committee, African American Association of Advisors, and is the immediate Past President for the Urban League of Nebraska’s Young Professionals Auxiliary. Her most cherished role of all is being Mom to her 4 year old son Hughston Mitchell.
“Empowering families to build financial capacity and achieve prosperity as they define it has been a passion of mine throughout my career. I am so grateful for the opportunity to expand that impact with Omaha 100 CDFI by helping families gain increased access to capital and leveraging homeownership to bridge the wealth gap and promote generational wealth in Nebraska.”