Angela D. Williams PharmD, MS, VHA-CM
Executive Director, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System
VA Salt Lake City health care
Phone: 801-582-1565, ext. 1211
Dr. Angela D. Williams joined the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System as the Executive Director in March 2022.
As the Executive Director, Dr. Williams provides executive leadership and strategic direction for this complex health care system that provides a full array of clinical services to nearly 70,000 Veterans over 8 sites of care and 27 counties in Utah, Idaho, and Nevada. She has direct responsibility for a nearly $900 million operating budget and over 2700 employees. The VA Salt Lake City has several major medical education affiliates with over 1200 trainees and an innovative and robust research program. Before Dr. Williams was appointed Executive Director of Salt Lake City Health Care System, she was their Associate Director of Operations. She has extensive leadership experience in healthcare operations within VHA serving in roles as Acting Medical Center Director for the Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina, Pharmacy Director, Acting Associate Director Finance, Interim Chief of Environmental Management Service, Interim Chief of Human Resources. Her long-standing and varied career within VHA demonstrates exceptional talent in leading change and building solid professional coalitions.
As the daughter of a Vietnam Veteran, service to others has been in Dr. Williams’s family legacy, and from a young age, she knew that she wanted to carry on that tradition of service in her life.
Dr. Williams holds a Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Florida, a Master of Healthcare Operations from the University of Nebraska, a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Creighton University, and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from Occidental College. She has served as clinical faculty with the pharmacy program at the University of Nebraska School of Pharmacy. Dr. Williams has successfully completed the Senior Executive Service (SES) Assessment Program, the Excellence in Government Public Partnership Fellowship Program; she is a graduate of VHAs Healthcare Leadership Development Program (HCLDP), VHA Certified mentor and Coach, and is an active member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Department of Veterans Affairs