Mayor Anthony A. Williams

Overview

From 1999 through 2006, Mayor Williams served as the Mayor of the District of Columbia. He is currently chief executive officer of Primum Public Realty Trust, a wholly-owned subsidiary of a Friedman Billings Ramsey affiliate. In 2005, he served as vice chair of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, an organization of local governments in and around Washington, DC. In addition, in 2004, Mayor Williams served as president of the National League of Cities, which represents municipal governments throughout the United States to strengthen and promote cities as centers of opportunity and leadership. Prior to being elected Mayor, he served as the chief financial officer for the District of Columbia from 1995 to 1998, where he was responsible for the city"s financial turnaround. Prior to that, he served as the first chief financial officer for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Mayor Williams also served as the Deputy State Comptroller of Connecticut, where he was responsible for the management of 250 separate funds and the state"s budget and accounting services. Mayor Williams received his B.A. in political science from Yale College, his J.D. from Harvard Law School and his master"s degree in public policy from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.