MOUNT VERNON RESIDENT HONORED

At its recent Women”™s History Month Celebration cocktail reception, the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce acknowledged women who improve the lives of New York City residents.  Mount Vernon resident Dr. Diana Kaye Williams was among the eight honorees. She is the co-founder of Comrie Enterprises LLC, which was launched in 2001 as a consulting company in response to the rising energy bills for low- to middle-income buildings. It was clear that energy cost was financially crippling community-based organizations offering to house middle- and low-income tenants, she said. Williams currently runs Adopt Clean Energy in Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, a New York State Energy Research and Development Authority”™s Clean Heating and Cooling campaign, which is a public service campaign granted to the Urban League of Westchester, where Comrie serves as program director.  Adopt Clean Energy promotes clean energy technology, assists residents with obtaining unbiased information about heat pump installers and financing and provides free heat pump training.  

Before creating Comrie, Williams was the executive director of the Doctors Council, the largest doctors”™ union in the U.S. She spent several years as a dentist in Harlem, New Rochelle and Port Chester after earning an undergraduate degree from New York University, a DDS from Howard University College of Dentistry, and an MBA from Bridgeport University. Williams completed her internship and residency in General Dentistry at Harlem Hospital ”” Columbia University College of Dentistry.