Ms. Williams has spent more than 25 years with Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic, working her way from a licensed practical nursing role to hospital leadership before taking the helm of Carilion Giles Community Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital, and Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital. Under her leadership, Carilion Giles Community Hospital was named among the 374 cleanest healthcare facilities nationwide for the second consecutive year and earned top scores from the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association for patient willingness to recommend the facility based on Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems results. She has expanded specialty access in Giles and Tazewell, launching an outpatient neurology clinic, telemedicine services in geriatrics, palliative care, dermatology, rheumatology and hospice, and Ceribell bedside brain-monitoring technology to detect nonconvulsive seizures. Ms. Williams also introduced two robotic team members to assist nursing and care staff, making Giles the first hospital in Western Virginia to adopt the technology, and supported a partnership with Virginia Tech’s Biodesign for Health Equity summer program. She recently celebrated Carilion Tazewell Community Hospital’s 50th anniversary while helping expand virtual care and telemedicine-based cardiology services there, and received Carilion’s “President’s Award,” the organization’s highest honor, in 2022.
