Full Name
T.H. Anne Williams-Isom
Job Title
Deputy Mayor,
Current Employer
NYC Office Of The Mayor
Speaker Bio
Anne Williams-Isom was appointed Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services in December 2021 by then Mayor-elect Eric Adams and assumed office on January 1, 2022. The Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services is responsible for ensuring that agencies that oversee the City’s social city programming are run compassionately, equitably and effectively, and that the City’s public health and healthcare delivery systems are delivering results for all New Yorkers. Agencies and Mayor’s Offices reporting to the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services include: NYC Health + Hospitals, the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Office of Chief Medical Examiner, Department of Social Services (Human Resources Administration and Department of Homeless Services), Administration for Children’s Services, Department for the Aging, Office of Immigrant Affairs, Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, Department of Veterans’ Services, Office of Community Mental Health, and the newly formed Office of Asylum Seeker Operations.
Deputy Mayor Williams-Isom has more than twenty-five years of leadership and management experience in large, complex organizations, where she has served children, families, and underserved communities. She has been an educator, a nonprofit executive, a government agency leader, and a practicing attorney.
Prior to her appointment as Deputy Mayor, she served as the James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service and as the Chief Executive Officer for the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ). Before leading HCZ, she served for thirteen years at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services, where she held leadership roles including Deputy Commissioner for Community and Government Affairs.
Deputy Mayor Williams-Isom holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology from Fordham University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a Doctorate in Ministry from the New York Theological School. She is a native New Yorker and lives in Harlem with her husband of thirty years, Phil, along with her three children and ninety-two year old mother.
Deputy Mayor Williams-Isom has more than twenty-five years of leadership and management experience in large, complex organizations, where she has served children, families, and underserved communities. She has been an educator, a nonprofit executive, a government agency leader, and a practicing attorney.
Prior to her appointment as Deputy Mayor, she served as the James R. Dumpson Chair in Child Welfare Studies at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Social Service and as the Chief Executive Officer for the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ). Before leading HCZ, she served for thirteen years at the NYC Administration for Children’s Services, where she held leadership roles including Deputy Commissioner for Community and Government Affairs.
Deputy Mayor Williams-Isom holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and psychology from Fordham University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School and a Doctorate in Ministry from the New York Theological School. She is a native New Yorker and lives in Harlem with her husband of thirty years, Phil, along with her three children and ninety-two year old mother.
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