Karen Hastie Williams

Karen Hastie Williams (September 30, 1944 – July 7, 2021) was an American lawyer and company director.

Early life Hastie Williams was born on September 30, 1944, in Washington, D.C. Her father, William H. Hastie, was the Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands from 1946 to 1949.

Hastie Williams graduated from Bates College in 1966, where she earned a bachelor's degree. She earned a master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 1967, and a JD from the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law in 1973.

Hastie Williams was chief counsel of the United States Senate Committee on the Budget from 1977 to 1980, and administrator for Federal Procurement Policy in the United States Office of Management and Budget from 1980 to 1981, under President Jimmy Carter. She served on the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board from 2000 to 2003, under President George W. Bush. She also served on the board of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, and was involved with the Black Student Fund in Washington DC. They had three children.

She died on July 7, 2021, at age 76 from Alzheimer's disease.