The Hawaii State Teachers Association yesterday announced that Jim Williams has joined HSTA as interim executive director.

Williams is a former teacher and served as HSTA president from 1980 to 1982. He has been the administrator for the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.

Williams, who retired from his EUTF position Dec. 31, replaces Interim Executive Director Dwight Takeno, who left HSTA at the end of 2009 to return to the University of Hawai'i. The HSTA is completing a search for a permanent executive director.