Governmental Affairs Director

 Kedon Williams

 Vice President of Human Resources

 Southern States, LLC

Office: 770-946-4562  x10181

k.williams@southernstatesllc.com

Kedon is the Director of Human Resources and Community Relations with Southern States, LLC in Hampton, GA.  As a member of the CEO’s senior management staff, Kedon leads a team of HR professionals and has total responsibility for the corporate and plant-level Human Resources functions at their corporate headquarters and manufacturing operations.  Her key responsibilities include talent acquisition and development, regulatory compliance, benefits design and administration, employee and labor relations, compensation, AAP management, and community relations.

Prior to joining Southern States LLC, Kedon worked at Avery Dennison for 15 years where she held various roles in various locations including Summer HR Intern (Ohio), Human Resources Leadership Development Program Associate (Massachusetts, Ohio, and California), HR Manager (Georgia and California), Regional HR Manager (California, with added responsibilities for  a location in Washington), and HR Director for Office Products North America (California, with added responsibilities for locations in Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Canada, and Mexico).  With each of these roles, Kedon acted as a strategic HR business partner providing overall HR support at all levels of the organization.  Her key responsibilities included developing, implementing, and driving the HR strategy and systems/processes to deliver business objectives which included staffing/recruiting, employee relations, training and development, compensation and benefits, and organizational development.

Kedon earned her BA in Economics from Spelman College in 1996 and her MBA from the University of Arizona in 1999.  Kedon has been a member of Greater Henry SHRM since 2015 and National SHRM member since 1998.  Kedon is also a member of the South Metro Human Resources Association and the Henry County Chamber of Commerce Board.