Jennifer is a strategic leader committed to data-informed, outcome-driven decisions. She was born in this district, raised in California, and has overcome systemic obstacles in her life that many folks in this district continue to face. Her professional expertise supports economic prosperity and a thriving environment for families and businesses in this district.
- CPA
With over a decade of tax and financial statement audit experience, including 8 years at one of the world’s most trusted consulting firms, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jennifer understands the risks and challenges businesses face. - LA County Economy & Efficiency Commissioner
Jennifer is focused on solutions that make our government work better for our local economy. She is developing recommendations across government departments to improve entrepreneurship outcomes for communities that need it most. - Small Business Owner and ESG Expert
As a Small Business Owner and Environment, Social, Governance (ESG) policy consultant, Jennifer is helping corporations increase long term profitability and value for all stakeholders as a Senior Advisor for PolicyLink. - Bridge Builder
Jennifer is an innovative visionary with a track record advocating for equitable economic growth for all. As a founder of an award-winning public policy fellowship, she spent almost 2 years bringing business, communities, and policy together to drive change. Commissioner Jennifer Trichelle-Marie Williams is a small business owner, CPA, and serves on the LA County Citizens’ Economy and Efficiency Commission. Jennifer works at the intersection of racial justice, economic equity, and corporate social responsibility, which combined with her lived experience, inspires her run for State Senate.
Jennifer’s Background
Jennifer was born in Willowbrook, an unincorporated community in the district, to a single mother and single grandmother, neither of whom had a college education at the time. Education was their hope for economic mobility.
Jennifer studied accounting at Northeastern University and has since worked in public accounting in tax and financial statement auditing. For nearly a decade, Jennifer worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, was a Founding Fellow of the award-winning CEO Action For Racial Equity fellowship, and most recently founded her own firm.
Jennifer is an LA County Commissioner, Board Member of America’s Charities, an elected delegate of the CA Democratic Party, and a proud graduate of Emerge California and Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute (LAAAWPPI). She is connected to her community as a member of the West Athens Westmont Task Force and lives with her husband and 4-year-old daughter in unincorporated Westmont. Together her family stays grounded in their faith as active members of Revelation Church in Compton.