| Representative Williams represents House District 37, which includes portions of Cobb
County. Prior to her election, Mary Frances spent 34 years as a legislative and public policy
advocate, working primarily for nonprofits serving women, children and families.
Mary Frances is a lifelong resident of Marietta, Georgia. She earned a Bachelor's of Arts
degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and a Masters of Social Work from the
University of Georgia. She began her career in advocacy at Families First, where she was
the Director of Advocacy from 1984 to 1993. She began consulting as an advocate fulltime
in 1993 and ended this work in 2018 to run for office.
Her community service has included serving as a board member and board chair of
Women's Policy Group from 2006 until the merger with the YWCA of Greater Atlanta. She is
a Sustaining Member of the Junior League of Cobb-Marietta, serving as President from
1991-1992. She is a lifelong member of the First United Methodist Church of Marietta.
Mary Frances has received numerous awards for her work, including the Annette Bowling
Advocate of the Year Award in 2017 from Easter Seals of Southern Georgia, the Carolyn
Wetzel Advocacy Award in 2009 from Health Mothers, Healthy Babies of Georgia, and the
Maternal and Child Health Community Service Award in 2004 form the Georgia Public
Health Association. She is a member of the Leadership Georgia Class of 1993 and the
Leadership Cobb Class of 1989.
Mary Frances has two adult sons, Nicholas and Benjamin. Nicholas and his wife, Diane, live
in Philadelphia and are the parents of her twin grandchildren, Madison and Cooper.
Benjamin lives in Marietta. |