WTS Appoints Dr. Malika Reed Wilkins as Chief Executive Officer

WTS International has appointed Dr. Malika Reed Wilkins as its next chief executive officer and executive director of WTS International and the WTS Foundation, effective Aug. 18. She brings more than 25 years of leadership in nonprofit management, public policy, and strategic marketing and communications to the role.

Previously, Wilkins was with the Atlanta Regional Commission, where she served for more than eight years, most recently as chief strategy officer and chief external affairs officer. Her career also includes leadership roles at the Georgia Department of Human Services, the State Road and Tollway Authority—where she helped launch the Georgia Transportation Infrastructure Bank—and in the nonprofit sector, where she spent more than 13 years at the Southern States Police Benevolent Association.

Wilkins has served as president of WTS Atlanta, where she led the chapter to receive the first WTS International Chapter of the Year Award and the Gold Circle of Excellence Award, and joined the WTS International Board of Directors in 2024.