Anne Williams-Isom

Williams was born on November 17, 1964, in Queens, New York City, to Edna and Atthille Williams.[1] Williams was a student at St. Catherine of Sienna School in St. Albans, Queens. She graduated from the Dominican Commercial High School.[1]

Williams-Isom completed a BS in political science and psychology at Fordham University in 1986. That year, she started working in community affairs at the New York City Police Department in Brooklyn.[1] Williams-Isom earned a Juris Doctor degree at Columbia Law School in 1991. She completed course work in ministry at the New York Theological Seminary.[1]

In 1991, Williams-Isom joined Robinson, Silverman, Pearce, Aronsohn, and Berman. She joined Kalkines, Arky, Zall & Bernstein in 1994. In 1996, Williams-Isom joined the New York City Administration for Children's Services as the director of the Office of Community Planning and Development.[1] She later served as special counsel to the commissioner.[1] In 2006, under during the Mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg, she was promoted to deputy commissioner of community and government affairs at the New York City Administration for Children's Services.[2][1]

Williams-Isom became the chief operating officer Harlem Children's Zone in 2009. On July 1, 2014, Williams-Isom succeeded Geoffrey Canada as its chief executive officer.[3]

Williams-Isom is the James R. Dumpson chair of child welfare studies at Fordham Graduate School of Social Service.[4][5]

In December 2021, Mayor-elect Eric Adams named Williams-Isom as the incoming deputy mayor for Health and Human Services.[4]

Williams-Isom is married to Phillip Isom. They have three children.[1]