Andrew Williams

For over 30 years, Williams has worked at the intersections of cultural anthropology, educational equity leadership, community-based learning, and global education to advance social justice, planetary health, intercultural understanding and health equity. Prior to his arrival at the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, Williams served as Assistant Vice-Chancellor at the University of Minnesota Rochester providing strategic leadership for efforts to center access, equity, and public health in the university’s vision of health sciences education. As the organization’s first National Director of DEI, Williams leads the execution of the Foundation’s DEI strategy, including efforts to advance health and recovery equity.