Angela F. Williams

Angela F. Williams is President and CEO of United Way Worldwide.

With over 30 years of leadership in the nonprofit and corporate sectors, Williams brings a long history of purpose-driven work to her role at United Way Worldwide. Angela joined Candid’s board in 2022.

She was named to Forbes’ 2021 List of Women 50 Over 50 Creating Social Change at Scale and presented with a 2021 CEO Today Healthcare Award.

Angela was raised in a military family and served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) for over six years following her graduation from the University of Texas School of Law.

She was executive vice president, general counsel, and chief administration officer at YMCA of the USA.

She also served on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate Judiciary Committee staff as special counsel on criminal law, prosecutor on the DOJ Civil Rights Division’s National Church Arson Task Force, and an Assistant U.S. Attorney.

Angela was vice president and deputy general counsel for Sears Holdings Corp, chief compliance and ethics officer after working at Bryan Cave law firm, and interfaith liaison for the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund.

A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Angela earned a B.A. in American government from the University of Virginia, a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law and a M.Div. cum laude from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology, Virginia Union University.

Angela resides in Chicago with her husband, the Reverend Roderick Williams. She is a volunteer pastor at Chicago Apostolic Center.