2009 Project Enterprise Inspiration Award

Deborah Williams, Her Game 2

Dr. Deborah Williams, is the President and CEO of Her Game 2, Inc. an Apparel, Productions, and Talent Management company headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Williams, a native of Chicago Illinois, was a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Tougaloo College in Mississippi. She received her Masters and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Georgia. Her Game 2 Productions has produced many of the largest fashion show events in the country, including HARLEM WEEK, The Circle of Sisters Fashion Show for WBLS Radio, Stamford Center for the Arts, and The NBA Wives Celebrity Fashion Show. Dr. Williams is the Founder of Behind The Bench: The National Basketball Wives Association. Recently, Ms Williams was selected as one of the 25 Most Influential African American Women In Business by The Network Journal. Dr Williams was recently selected as  the recipient of the Inspiration Award by Project Enterprise and was recently named Retail Market Consultant for Harlem Hospital Centers. Most recently Dr Williams was awarded the Fashion Pioneer Award by the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and was named as a Brava Award winner for 2009 by the YWCA. 

Her Game 2, led by Ms Williams has entered the mass retail market at Macys Department Store and she has recently been selected as an on air personality by ShopNBC.

Williams has successfully negotiated an exclusive merchandise licensing agreement with the National Basketball Association. She currently creates NBA womens tees, bags, and luggage for team arenas around the country. Dr. Williams received the Black Rose Award for African American Entrepreneurs, and was voted a 1999 Woman At The Top of The Game; was named the Department of Commerce’s 2001 Business Enterprise of the Year; and the 2001 BRAG Award – “Business Innovator of the Year”.  She has received the “Community Service Award” for her commitment to young women in the community through the “Linkages…to Excellence” program, which she founded through The Links, Inc. Dr. Williams has received a number of awards including being named 1991 “Woman of Distinction” by Ebony Man magazine, being crowned Mrs. USA 1990, Who’s Who among Colleges and Universities, Ms. Tougaloo College, and The Fred Hampton Image Award. She has also published an article in the Journal of Perceptual and Motor Skills.

Ms. Williams is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Urban League, The Child Welfare League of America, The Greenwich Foundation for Women and Girls, and the Miss Indianapolis Teen Scholarship Foundation.

She also served as Service to Youth Chair of the Fairfield County Chapter of Links, Inc. In her spare time she enjoys community service work, going to the theatre, reading, cheering for her children at basketball and volleyball games, and spending time relaxing with the family.