Community foundation welcomes associate Mashiya Williams

The Delaware Community Foundation announced Mashiya Williams has joined the organization as a health portfolio program associate.

As part of the foundation’s community impact team, Williams will support grant-making, engage with the community and serve donors, helping ensure that resources invested in health outcomes have the maximum positive impact on quality of life throughout Delaware.

The foundation’s health portfolio includes two important grant initiatives, Highmark’s BluePrints for the Community and Healthy Communities of Delaware, as well as various smaller health-focused initiatives.

Williams worked at Comenity Bank from 2010 to 2019, where she was executive assistant to the bank president and managed its grant and outreach program. She earned her bachelor’s degree in human development from Binghamton University and master’s degree in business administration from Strayer University. She also recently received project management certification from the Project Management Institute.

Williams served on the board of directors of Neighborhood House Inc. for six years, and currently volunteers with her local neighborhood watch and at her church.

“I am so excited to have found an opportunity at the DCF to combine my commitment to Delaware with my passion for service,” Williams said.

“We're excited to be strengthening our focus on social determinants of health for all in Delaware,” said Stuart Comstock-Gay, foundation president and CEO. “Mashiya will play a key role in an exciting time of transformation and growth for the DCF.”