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PRESIDENT AND CEO, UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE, ALEXANDRIA
Alyssa Schukar Photography
Alyssa Schukar Photography
PRESIDENT AND CEO, UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE, ALEXANDRIA
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
President and CEO of United Way since 2021, Williams is the first Black woman to lead the organization. Previously, she was president and CEO of Easterseals and executive vice president at YMCA of the USA.
United Way Worldwide and its four partners in the Power Forward Communities coalition received a $2 billion, seven-year National Clean Investment Fund grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in April. The grant will promote affordable efforts to decarbonize and electrify homes in low-income and marginalized communities in the United States.
In April, a former chief marketing officer filed a $12 million lawsuit against UWW, claiming retaliation and wrongful firing after reporting sexual harassment incidents to administrators. The alleged incidents took place before Williams joined the organization. An independent investigation by a law firm found that UWW did not engage in “actionable harassment, discrimination or retaliation” against three employees.
A native of South Carolina, Williams holds a law degree from the University of Texas Law School and a divinity master’s degree from Virginia Union University.
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