Erin Williams

Erin Lynn Williams (she/her/elle) is the Chief Field Building Officer at The Center for Cultural Power and leads the Constellations Culture Change Fund & Initiative. 

Previously at Global Fund for Women and the International Women’s Health Coalition (now Fos Feminista), Erin led global strategies to resource activists and gender justice movements advancing sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice and feminist technology. As an advisor, facilitator, and coach, Erin has led journeys for philanthropists who want to deepen their value alignment and giving practices in service of social justice and liberation.

Erin is a Black mixed-race radical listener, trust-based grantmaker, and change manager. She has lived and worked in Canada, Belgium, Botswana, Jamaica, and the U.S. and has direct intervention experience in emergency shelters, as a pregnancy options counselor, and a youth sexuality educator. She weaves her love of singing, theatre, and somatic practice into her life and work, and is currently an Artist in Residence with Our Collective Practice to transform the “Stories of Girls’ Resistance” into an accessible and interactive performance art piece. 

Erin holds a Master of Social Work from Carleton University and a graduate certificate in Principles and Practices of Organization Development from Columbia University. She speaks English and French, is motivated by cultivating deep relationships and trust, and tries her best to live up to these words by Kay Ryan, “Intention doesn’t sweeten. It should be picked young and eaten.”