Jayson T. Williams is the Chief Executive Officer of Mayson-Dixon Companies. The firm was founded in 2015 as MD Strategic Consulting supporting businesses, non-profits and government entities in business & community relations, corporate & non-profit partnership, strategic planning, and marketing & graphic design. It has since grown to encompass Mayson-Dixon Properties and Development, Modern Builders, and Modern Suppliers creating a community development and advocacy firm that can build, supply, engage, and manage any type of project. Jayson leads a diverse, award-winning team of professionals who utilize campaign-style tactics to tell their clients’ stories but also can help with all other key factors in their growth. Now in its fifth year, the company has two locations in Baltimore & Largo, Maryland. Since its inception, the company has become one of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Alumni, has won the “Bridging the Gap” Achievement Award from the Greater Baltimore Committee and was voted one of Baltimore Business Journal’s 2019 Healthiest Employers.

Prior to launching MD Strategic Consulting, Jayson worked for Maryland State Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin, and Prince George’s County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III. His public service history also includes roles as Maryland Political Director for Laborers International North America, Special Assistant to County Executive Baker and Vice President for Strategic Alliances for the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation, where he spearheaded major government reform and played a key role in enabling the development of the $1.2 billion MGM National Harbor.

A graduate of St. Mary's College of Maryland, Jayson has been named one of the Daily Record’s 2019 Very Important Professionals (VIP) Successful By 40 award recipients, 2016 40 under 40 by the Baltimore Business Journal and was awarded the Chairman’s Award by the Regional Asian-American Economic Development Corporation. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors for Pride of Baltimore and has served on the Board of Directors for the Maryland Family Network, The Alice Ferguson Foundation, Living Classrooms Foundation, and Preservation Maryland. He currently teaches a diversity and inclusion in government class with Baltimore Corps, and is an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University.

A native of Baltimore, and a veteran strategic communicator for over 20 years from Boston to Baltimore, Geri began her career as a public servant in 2009 as a Correspondence Analyst and Investment Board Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Treasury during the Obama Administration.  Leveraging her extensive communications experience which includes editorial content management and technical writing, she has held a wide scope of management and Board of Trustee roles in both the private and non-profit business sectors.

Returning home to Baltimore in 2016, Geri was appointed by the Waterfront Partnership as Marketing Manager for the Harbor Commuter Connections Initiative, and then entered the local government arena. Since 2017, she has actively served the Mayor’s Office as Director of Logistics and Special Assistant to the Mayor, and was then more recently appointed as Deputy Chief for Staff for Administration. As a senior, advisor she has helped drive and coordinate policy expectations and priorities with key cabinet officials and external partners. Geri is a graduate of University of Maryland College Park where she received a Bachelor of Science degree from the School of Journalism.

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