Chair, Special Contribution Fund
ROY LEVY WILLIAMS has been with Chrysler Corporation as their Manager of Community Relations since November 19, 1984. In this position, Mr. Williams assists in establishing and implementing Chrysler Corporation's position in the public policy arena.
He serves as liaison between the corporation and many civic/human service organizations at both the national and local levels. He is perhaps their most accomplished "trouble-shooter" as it relates to community problems. His work also includes spending a considerable amount of time with local and state governments. Currently, Mr. Williams is very involved in working with the leaders of the City of Highland Park.
Prior to his current appointment, he spent six years as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Detroit Urban League. Before assuming the presidency of the League, Mr. Williams served as Executive Assistant to Governor William G. Milliken. While in that position, he was placed on loan to establish the Neighborhood Education Authority (an alternative education project established in cities across the state), and also served for a short time as the Acting Director of the Michigan Department of Labor.
Mr. Williams' activities in the human rights arena are extensive. Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority; Board Member of Detroit City Planning Commission; Member of the Steering Committee of Detroit Neighborhood Housing Services; Past President of the National Council of State Housing Boards; recently appointed National Board Member of the NAACP; Chair of the NAACP Special Contribution Fund; Vice President of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce; and Executive Vice President of HP Devco. Additionally, he serves as a member of many other local boards and commissions.
On a personal note, Mr. Williams possesses a Master of Urban Planning from Wayne State University; has done post graduate work at the University of Manchester in England; and is currently working on his Ph.D. During February of 1995, he became the first corporate executive to receive the prestigious National Jewish Labor Committee's Human Rights Award. He has also been named by WWJ?Radio as "Citizen of the Week". In the past, he has produced and hosted a television show at WJRT in Flint.
He has been married to Patricia (Tish) Ryder Williams since 1961 and has two children, Marc and Lauren.
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