Khalif Williams

Khalif Williams joined the Institute for Humane Education’s staff in 2002 as the Development and Operations Manager. In 2004 he became Executive Director and has been instrumental in leading IHE to its current success. Under his leadership, IHE’s programs have quadrupled in size, and its budget has more than doubled. Khalif has built IHE’s organizational structure to embrace cooperative, collaborative ideals and has attracted a growing staff of dedicated, experienced professionals from around the country.

In 1994, Khalif began working for racial equity in higher education by helping establish a minority mentoring/college preparatory program at his university that is still in successful operation. In 1996 he earned his B.A. in Philosophy from Roger Williams University. He has served as a highly respected counselor and crisis interventionist at a residential treatment facility for mentally ill, emotionally disturbed adolescent boys, and also spent several years working for an urban homeless/runaway shelter for teens, which provided care for more than 300 young people a year.

In 2000, Khalif founded Earthlings, Inc., a farmed animal advocacy organization. Through Earthlings, Khalif provided the only farmed animal rescue and placement services in his region. He served as a consultant on farmed animal issues to local humane societies and assisted with farmed animal rescues and investigations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York. Through Earthlings, Khalif developed and conducted dozens of highly successful humane education programs for both adults and children.

Khalif’s expanding view of humane issues and deepening dedication to education drew him to an IHE workshop in 2001. He was so inspired by IHE’s philosophy and approach, he decided to make humane education his life’s work.