Angela F Williams

Angela is currently the Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Chief Administration Officer of the YMCA of the USA. She started with the organization in December 2006 as the General Counsel. Angela is also an ordained Baptist minister, and has founded two ministries—angelaw Ministries and WoW 4 the Word Ministries, Inc. Prior to coming to the YMCA, Angela served as an interfaith liaison/program advisor for the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund, assessing the needs of faith communities in the Gulf Region and managing the distribution of $27 million in grants to renew and rebuild houses of worship. Her previous positions include: vice president and deputy general counsel for Sears, Roebuck & Co.; attorney for Bryan Cave LLP, a Washington, D.C.-based international law firm; special counsel on criminal law for Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.); trial attorney for the Department of Justice’s National Church Arson Task Force; and assistant U.S. attorney in Florida. She began her career as an assistant staff judge advocate for the United States Air Force, serving on active duty in Kansas, the Republic of Korea and Washington, D.C. Angela currently serves on the board of Bridge to Hope Ministries, a transition ministry for women released from prison, and of Christian Service Charities, a federation that facilitates workplace giving campaigns on behalf of nearly 100 Christian charities. She earned a BA from the University of Virginia, a JD degree from the University of Texas School of Law, and a Master of Divinity, cum laude, from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University. She and her husband Rod make their home in Chicago, IL. Angela is a member of the 2005 class of Henry Crown Fellows at the Aspen Institute.