PHYLLIS WILLIAMS

After graduating from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, Phyllis Williams put her skills as a graphic artist to work for Pro Group, Inc., an Arnold Palmer company. Her responsibilities included designing and creating logos for golf and country clubs throughout the country.

Currently, as the founder and president of Birdiewear, Inc., Phyllis designs her own line of golf apparel, something she loves doing. In her spare time, Phyllis plays golf and goes hiking.

She became a member of the Houston Cosmopolitan Exchange Club and volunteered her time to assist with raising funds for the Houston Police Activities League and The Escape Center for Women. While volunteering, she discovered her artistic training and talent were invaluable to designing and setting up visual displays for silent and live auctions.

Phyllis has been a member of the Texas Gulf Coast March of Dimes Guild where she regularly volunteers as a raffle committee member and has served as a raffle chair. In 2009 and 2012 Phyllis was named to the Houston Chronicle Best Dressed List, which benefits the March of Dimes. In 2014 she was named into the Best Dressed Hall of Fame.

Alarmed by the overwhelming number of reported juvenile sexual abuse cases in Houston, Phyllis committed to volunteering for the Children’s Assessment Center, where she serves as a member of the Board of Directors. She recently co-chaired the 2019 20th Anniversary Spirit of Spring Luncheon.

Whew! You’d think she would be worn out, but not Phyllis. In 2020 Phyllis will serve as the Silent Auction Co-Chair for The First Tee Greater Houston, and she will also Co-Chair the 2020 Tee Up Fore TEACH annual golf event where she serves on the TEACH Foundation Executive Board.

Phyllis Williams’ motto, “The innocence of a child should never be destroyed,” is the distinctive factor that personifies her style of volunteerism with charities whose focus is to make life better for children.