The Alpha Legal Foundation organizes a speaker series called "Legally Racist" that founder Krystal Williams hopes to open up to participants beyond the legal community.
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Krystal Williams is the founder of a Portland-based law and business advisory firm called Providentia Group and the nonprofit Alpha Legal Foundation, which aims to bring more diversity into Maine’s legal profession. She also chairs the board of KinoTek Inc., a digital health startup in Portland. Mainebiz caught up with the attorney-entrepreneur to find out more.
Mainebiz: What does Providentia do, and who are your clients so far?
Krystal Williams: Day-to-day, my current focus is on embedding equity principles in organizational business processes, assisting BIPOC entrepreneurs to establish and grow their businesses, and working with developing countries to usher in a clean energy economy. My clients are private companies, large nonprofit organizations, government entities and entrepreneurs.