Deputy Director
Center for Justice & Safety Finance at PFM
Seth Williams is a Director with PFM’s Management and Budget Consulting practice and is the Deputy Director of PFM’s Center for Justice & Safety Finance.
Seth leads PFM’s law enforcement practice and workload-based staffing engagements, bringing nearly 20 years of experience in the field. His work has helped law enforcement agencies identify targeted staffing levels, increase efficiency and outcomes, align expenditures, and redesign organizational structures.
Recently, Seth led staffing studies of the Phoenix Police Department, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C., the City of Fairfax Police Department, and a staffing, organizational, operational, equity, and fiscal review of the Alexandria Police Department. He also led similar engagements in Providence and Harris County. He is currently leading an engagement with the City of Oakland on its police staffing.
Before joining PFM, Seth worked for the Office of the New Jersey Governor as Cabinet Liaison and Deputy Director of Management and Operations.
Mr. Williams earned a B.A. in Political Science from Muhlenberg College and an M.P.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Evidence-Based Staffing and Resource Allocation
Sunday, October 20, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET