Mayors Prayer Breakfast 2026

Join us for the 42nd Annual Mayors Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, May 7th with guest speaker Samantha Williams.



Samantha Williams is the Executive Director of Birmingham Promise, an organization that helps Birmingham City Schools students achieve economic security, mobility, and prosperity. She previously worked at Teach For All, a global network focused on expanding educational opportunity, where she spent a decade in various roles including head of the Global Girls' Education Initiative, chief of staff to the CEO, and head of the Africa region.

Before joining Teach For All, Samantha worked for Harvard University, where she managed a partnership with the University of Johannesburg Education Leadership Institute to support the professional development of South African educators. She previously worked in South Africa as a residence director and teacher at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls, and in Atlanta with Communities In Schools of Georgia.

A Daphne, Alabama native, Samantha is a graduate of Georgetown University, and has master's degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and Harvard University. She is a Project 1954 Luminary, and a member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham and the Leadership Birmingham Class of 2026.



Doors open at 7:30 AM

Program begins at 8:00 AM



Thank you to our presenting sponsor: Thomas Hospital.