Michelle Williams named director of major accounts for AP

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The Associated Press named Michelle Williams director of major accounts. She will remain in Atlanta and will work with major media groups based in the South.

Directors of major accounts are responsible for AP's relationships with media ownership groups to build a deep understanding of the companies, their strategies and to develop partnership opportunities in the evolving media landscape.

Williams brings a breadth of AP experience to her new position. Since 2012, she has served as regional director for the South, overseeing AP's business and marketing operations across a 13-state region. Before that, she was bureau chief for Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. She also was bureau chief for Arizona and New Mexico and assistant bureau chief for Texas. She held news leadership roles in Texas, Tennessee and California, and worked as a reporter in Milwaukee and Chattanooga. Williams is a graduate of Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., where she began her AP career as an editorial assistant.

Nashville-based bureau chief Adam Yeomans succeeds Williams as South regional director and adds North Carolina to his territory, which includes Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. Assistant bureau chief Maryann Mrowca will manage responsibilities for Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina.

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