Joseph Williams is Chief Executive Officer for New Directions International, an evangelical mission organization founded in 1968 by his father, Dr. J.L. Williams. Joseph has spent well over a year of his life taking more than 32 short-term mission trips to over 27 countries. He met his future wife, Susannah, while leading a youth work team to Haiti in 1995. He currently resides in Graham, North Carolina, with Susannah and their two children, Nathanael and Abigail.