Vida Williams joined the Better Housing Coalition Board in 2023. Ms. Williams is Chief Data Office at Stride, Inc. Prior, she was the Chief Branding Officer for Virginia ABC where she helped guide Virginia ABC’s digital and web operations, communications and education and prevention teams and supports the authority’s eCommerce initiatives.

Ms. Williams also served as an adjunct professor of Innovation and Business at Virginia Commonwealth University’s da Vinci Center, where she led budding entrepreneurs through special projects to advance innovation for social good. Her previous experience also includes working as managing partner at The Axis Partners, Inc., a Richmond-based strategic enterprise planning and execution, data sciences services firm, and as vice president of project management at Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Inc. in Richmond.

Ms. Williams earned her Bachelor of Arts in History and English from Duke University.