Holley Willis has developed, taught, and facilitated workforce development training in U.S. hospitals, hotels, civic organizations, community colleges, and universities from 1993 to the present. She is a former foreign national scholar advisor at Duke University, California Institute of Technology, University of California San Francisco, and University of Nevada Las Vegas. Willis is passionate about personal and professional growth; diversity, equity, inclusion, access (DEIA) values; continuous improvement; and lifelong experiential learning.

In addition to her work with ILABI Global, Willis is an adjunct professor in workforce development with Delgado Community College in New Orleans, Louisiana responsible for developing and teaching virtual and in-person classes and designing the 2024 curriculum for the Small Business Leadership Academy. Willis is bilingual and has been teaching cultural competencies and Spanish abroad since 2000 in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Algeria, Tunisia, Cuba, and the U.S.A.

Willis received her BSFS in international relations from Georgetown University, her MBA in individual, team, and organizational leadership studies from Binghamton University, and lean (six-sigma) and neuro-leadership coaching certifications from Ochsner Health System.