On October 26, 2017, the White House announced the nomination of David C. Williams, a distinguished visiting professor within the Schar School of Policy and Government, to the Board of Governors of the US Postal Service. Once confirmed by the Senate, Mr. Wiliams will serve as a member of the Board of Governors until December 2019. As the governing body of the Postal Service, the 11-member Board of Governors has responsibilities comparable to the board of directors of a publicly held corporation. The Board is made up of nine Governors appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate. No more than five Governors can be members of the same political party.
Mr. Williams is the founder and director of the Schar School’s Center for Organizational Performance and Integrity (COPI), which provide executive education in the areas of leadership in government and data analytics. He has vast governmental experience including serving as the Inspector General (IG) of five agencies, serving under multiple presidents. He was first appointed by President George Bush to serve as IG for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission from 1989 to 1996. President William Clinton next appointed him IG for the Social Security Administration from 1996 to 1998, and then as IG for of the Department of the Treasury in 1998. In 1999, President Clinton named him as the first IG for Tax Administration of the Department of Treasury, where he directed a staff of 1,050 to detect fraud, waste and abuse. In 2001 President George W. Bush named Williams the Acting IG for HUD, while he was also serving at the Department of the Treasury. In his last position, he served as IG for the US Postal Service (2003-2016), where he was responsible for more than 1,100 employees who conducted independent audits and investigations for the largest civilian federal agency that nearly $70 billion in annual revenues.
In March 2014, Williams was honored as one of the 2013 Federal Computer Week’s Federal 100 leaders from government, industry and academia who had the greatest impact on the federal IT community. Williams was also recognized as one of Fierce Government’s 2013 Fierce 15 – recognition of federal employees and teams who have done particularly innovative things.