Maxine Williams

Maxine Williams is the Vice President of Accessibility and Engagement at Meta. Her mandate spans people, product and policy spheres as she works to ensure Meta’s products are accessible, valuable and usable for everyone, regardless of abilities. In this role, Williams works closely with product, engineering, design and policy teams to prioritize accessibility in Meta’s products and services. She maintains relationships with the disability community to ensure Meta’s products meet their needs and expectations.

Internally, Williams enhances the employee experience through community engagement, the development of people systems that support all, and the input of employee perspectives into the development of Meta’s products. She held a prior role at Meta as the Chief Diversity Officer. She has worked as an attorney in criminal, civil, and industrial courts. Williams has also worked with multiple international organizations on development and human rights issues and has had a career as a broadcast journalist, actress and on-air presenter.

Williams has been a board member of New York's Roundabout Theatre Company and she serves on the Yale University Council as an advisor to the University’s President. She also serves on the boards of the Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation and the Lean In Foundation which work to build a more equal and resilient world. She graduated from Yale University before receiving her law degree with first class honors from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.