Whitney Williams

Whitney Williams is an American businesswoman and philanthropist, currently serving as Vice-Chair of the board for Eastern Congo Initiative[1][2] and Founder + CEO of the Seattle-based consultancy williamsworks. She is the daughter of former Congressman Pat Williams and former Montana Senate Majority Leader Carol Williams.[3][4] The Washington Post has referred to the Williams family as the “first family of Montana politics.”[5] Her brother is artist Griff Williams.

Career

After graduating from the University of Montana, Williams began working in the Clinton White House, first as an intern, eventually serving as Trips Director for First Lady Hillary Clinton.[6] Williams later served as Finance Co-Chair in Washington State for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 Presidential campaign.[4]

In 2001 she joined Casey Family Programs, helping to establish the $600 million Marguerite Casey Foundation.[4][7] Since 2003, Williams has served as Founder and CEO of williamsworks, a Seattle-based consultancy agency[8] that provides a variety of strategic services to corporate, non-profit and philanthropic clients, including TOMS, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Nike Foundation and Thorn.[6][9]

Philanthropy and political activity

In 2010 Williams co-founded Eastern Congo Initiative with actor Ben Affleck,[6] and continues to serve as Vice-Chair of the board. She has previously served on the Board of Trustees for the Glacier National Park Fund, and on the Boards of Directors for City Year Seattle and New Futures.[4] She also co-founded williamsworks, a company that holds the majority in the 2017 Wikimedia movement strategy team.[10][11]

Williams is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Congo's Women Deserve Action". The Daily Beast.
  2. ↑ "Detail". easterncongo.org.
  3. ↑ Sally Mauk. "Congressman’s daughter follows her parents into a life of public service". mtpr.org.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Whitney Williams". williamsworks. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Cillizza, Chris. "Fix Clip -N- Save: 'First families' of politics". Washington Post. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  6. 1 2 3 Rapkin, Mickey. "When Ben Affleck Wants to Change the World, He Calls This Woman". Elle. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Carrying on family legacy: Whitney Williams goes global". Montana Standard.
  8. ↑ Joe Whinney; Whitney Williams. "Seattle, Congo and the chocolate trade". Seattle Times. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "williamsworks Clients". williamsworks. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  10. ↑ "Strategy/Wikimedia movement/2017/People/Core team - Meta". meta.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
  11. ↑ "Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2017-02-06/In focus". Wikipedia. 2017-02-06.
  12. ↑ http://williamsworks.com/team/whitney-williams/
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