Brock A. Williams

Brock A. Williams relocated to the Bay Area in 2015 to combine his passion for retail and technology at Apple, where he is Head of US Channel Store Operations. In this role, Brock is responsible for ensuring customers have the best possible experience anywhere Apple products are sold across US channel retail stores. Prior to relocating, Brock held a variety of merchandising leadership positions at Target Corporation including Director of Merchandise Presentation—Electronics, Entertainment, Toys, Sporting Goods, Health & Beauty—and Senior Buyer—Candy. Brock has also held roles at American Express, Carlson Companies, Accenture (US and Germany) and Nike.

Brock earned his MBA from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and BS in Mechanical Engineering from Howard University, where he met his wife LaDawn. At Michigan, Brock received a Distinguished Leadership award for his role in championing diversity as a differentiating benefit to the academic and business worlds and was a speaker at Commencement. Actively involved in the Head-Royce community, Brock moderated the NIA Speaker of Color Series' "Tech Talk: Unlocking the Color Code," has volunteered to support the Annual Fund drive, and planned School field trips to Apple Retail Stores.