Williams Board member resigns

 

The Williams Companies, Inc. announced the resignation of one of its members of the firm’s board of directors.

Vicki L. Fuller, according to a Williams filing  with the SEC resigned effective Dec. 1, 2021, explaining she wanted to devote her time to a new management position.

“Vicki Fuller has delivered tremendous value to our Board since joining in 2018, and I am personally grateful for her enthusiastic engagement and thoughtful counsel as a Board member. While Williams is losing a valuable advisor, I know I speak for our entire Board and leadership team in wishing Vicki much success in her new opportunity,” said Alan S. Armstrong, Williams’ CEO.

Fuller was a member of the Board’s Audit and Environmental, Health and Safety committees. The size of the Board following Ms. Fuller’s resignation will be reduced to twelve directors.

Fuller is a former chief investment officer for the New York State Common Retirement Fund and had served as a Williams director since 2018. She previously had a 27-year career at AllianceBernstein in New York City, a leading, global investment manager with more than $500 billion in assets under management.

In her current role as a board member for Fidelity Investments, Fuller shares trustee responsibility for over $1.7 trillion of equity and high income assets under management. She Walso serves on the board of directors for Roosevelt University, Blackstone Credit, Treliant LLC, Ariel Alternatives and The Equity Alliance.