Anne Williams-Isom

Anne Williams-Isom
Williams-Isom in 2023
Deputy Mayor of New York City
for Health and Human Services
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2022
MayorEric Adams
Preceded byMelanie Hartzog
Acting First Deputy Mayor of New York City
In office
October 8, 2024[1][2][3]
MayorEric Adams
Preceded bySheena Wright
Succeeded byMaria Torres-Springer
Personal details
Born
Anne Williams

(1964-11-17) November 17, 1964 (age 60)
Queens, New York City, U.S.
Children3
Alma materFordham University
Columbia Law School
OccupationGovernment official, academic, lawyer, nonprofit executive

Anne Williams-Isom (born November 17, 1964) is an American government official, academic, lawyer and former nonprofit executive who has been serving as New York City deputy mayor for Health and Human Services since January 2022. She also served as acting First Deputy Mayor of New York City for a few hours in the morning on October 8, 2024 immediately following the formal resignation and departure of Sheena Wright from the office of First Deputy Mayor of New York City until the formal appointment of Maria Torres-Springer to that office in the afternoon that same day in accordance with Executive Order 45 released on September 26, 2024 by Mayor Eric Adams.[4][5][6] Williams-Isom holds the James R. Dumpson chair of child welfare studies at Fordham Graduate School of Social Service. She was the chief operating officer and later the chief executive officer of the Harlem Children's Zone.

  1. ^ "Eric Adams order lays out what happens if Sheena Wright leaves".
  2. ^ "Mayor Adams quietly issues order shifting embattled top deputy Sheena Wright's powers if she's unable to do job – weeks after FBI raided her home".
  3. ^ "Executive Order 45".
  4. ^ "Eric Adams order lays out what happens if Sheena Wright leaves".
  5. ^ "Mayor Adams quietly issues order shifting embattled top deputy Sheena Wright's powers if she's unable to do job – weeks after FBI raided her home".
  6. ^ "Executive Order 45".