Jayson T. Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of Mayson-Dixon Companies, a family of companies that was originally founded in 2015 as MD Strategic Consulting, a public affairs firm that utilizes campaign-style tactics to tell clients’ stories to achieve their missions. As the company grew, Jayson’s love of community organizing transformed into a passion for equitable community development. He has since started complimentary businesses such as, Mayson-Dixon Properties & Development, Modern Builders, and Modern Suppliers, that combined with MD Strategic Consulting created the first turnkey community development firm that engages in neighborhoods, builds residential and commercial projects, solves complex supply chain issues, manages properties of all sizes, and thoughtfully brings investment partners into underserved communities.

Prior to becoming a small business owner, Jayson had a distinguished career in public service working for the late Maryland State Senate President Emeritus Thomas V. Mike Miller, former U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, and former Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, to name a few. Jayson was inspired to become an entrepreneur after his appointment by then-County Executive Baker to serve as the Vice President for Strategic Alliances for the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation.  There, he was a part of the leadership team spearheading transformative community investment, small & minority business growth, the branding campaign for Prince George’s County, and playing a key role in enabling the development of the $1.2 billion MGM National Harbor.

Since its inception, Mayson-Dixon Companies has become one of Bloomberg/Goldman-Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumni, has thrice won the “Bridging the Gap” Achievement Award from the Greater Baltimore Committee for the firm’s work in diversity and inclusion, and was voted as one of Baltimore Business Journal’s Healthiest Employers for their investment in holistic employee health.  

An alum of St. Mary's College of Maryland, Jayson has been named one of the Daily Record’s Very Important Professionals (VIP) Successful By 40 award recipients, 40 under 40 by the Baltimore Business Journal, LGBTQ 40 under 40 by Business Enterprise Magazine, LGBT Minority Business of the Year by the Maryland Minority Contractors Association, received the Trailblazer Award from the Reginald F. Lewis African American Heritage Museum and was awarded the Chairman’s Award, a unique honor, by the Asian-American Economic Development Corporation for his work in the Asian American business community.  

He currently serves as the first African American chair of the board of directors of the Pride of Baltimore II, Maryland’s Tall Ship, and on the board of directors of Lifebridge Health’s Levindale Hospital and the American Red Cross of Central Maryland. In 2021, he was appointed by Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr. to the Affordable Housing Workgroup focused on ensuring safe, accessible, and quality housing is available to everyone in the County. Jayson is also a member of the Harkins Builders Corporate Board of Directors since 2021.

Before starting his businesses, for over a decade, Jayson was an adjunct professor in the “Semester in Washington” program at the George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, from which he also graduated in 2002. Many of his former students have gone on to distinguished careers in public service and business.

A native of Baltimore, and a veteran strategic communicator for over 20 years from Boston to Baltimore, Geri Royale Byrd began her career in Communications and Journalism in 1988 as a Publications Specialist for NASA, transitioning as a consultant for the tech industry in the 90’s.  She launched her journey as a public servant in ‘09 in Washington as a Correspondence Analyst for the US Secretary of the Treasury under the Obama Administration.  Leveraging her extensive communications experience, which included editorial content management and technical writing, Geri continued to hold a wide scope of management and Board of Trustee roles in both the private and nonprofit business sectors.

Returning home to Baltimore in 2016, Geri was appointed to market a City-wide commuter Initiative by the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, a non-profit entity that serves both residents of the City and businesses in the Harbor area. She then entered the local government arena in 2017, actively serving the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office as Director of Logistics and Special Assistant to the Mayor, and was then appointed as Deputy Chief of Staff for Administration. As a senior advisor and administrator for the City of Baltimore, she helped drive and coordinate policy expectations and priorities with key cabinet officials and external City and State partners. Geri is a graduate of the University of Maryland College Park where she received a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Journalism. Currently she continues in a mission of service to community as Chief of Operations at Mayson-Dixon Companies, where she oversees the entirety of the Company’s mission-driven business sectors that include Strategic Engagement, Construction, Properties & Development, Supply-Chain Management and HR.  

As a Senior Consultant, Nick brings over 15 years of experience building relationships in the public and government affairs, business development, commercial real estate, and fundraising arenas. He has found success for his clients utilizing his vast network of government, community, and corporate contacts to assist clients in public affairs campaigns, commercial real-estate development projects, RFP process, and government & utility company permitting. His client list includes for-profit and nonprofit real estate developers, builders, energy companies, labor unions, and a wide array of government contractors including but not limited to Retail Properties of America, Inc. (RPAI), Ryan Homes, Sodexo, Volunteers of America Chesapeake (VOACC) and Chick-fil-A.

Nick began his career in Maryland working on various political campaigns on the national, state, and local levels. He spent over seven years with 1199 SEIU representing health care workers in government affairs at some of the region’s medical institutions, including The Johns Hopkins Hospital, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, and Dimensions Health Prince George’s Community Hospital.

Following that, Nick spent time successfully consulting for corporate, nonprofit, and government clients, representing Oracle, District of Columbia Firefighters Association, and Prince George’s County Government to name a few.

Nicholas is a graduate of Kent State University. He is active in the community and was recognized as a Rising Star alum for the Living Classrooms Foundation.