NACHC - National Association of Community Health Centers

06/09/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/09/2025 08:55

NACHC Welcomes Chief Legal Officer Karen Turner McWilliams

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Amy Simmons Farber, 202-309-0338

Bethesda, MD - Karen Turner McWilliams has joined the leadership team of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) as Chief Legal Officer, a newly created and essential role for the association which is the leading voice for the nation's Community Health Centers, which serve 32.5 million people nationwide. Ms. McWilliams is a seasoned legal executive with a strong track record of guiding publicly traded organizations through complex regulatory and compliance matters.

Named a "Top General Counsel to Watch in 2021" by Washington Executive magazine, she brings a wealth of experience from the commercial, financial, government services, and IT sectors. Before joining NACHC, Ms. McWilliams served as General Counsel for PVD Spectrum Holding Company, LLC, where she worked on selling and leasing spectrum in the 900 MHz band.

Previously, she held the Deputy General Counsel role for Corporate at Scientific Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a major federal government contractor. At SAIC, Ms. McWilliams helped create the SAIC Foundation, a nonprofit that assists employees in need.

Earlier in her career, Ms. McWilliams led global employment law at E*TRADE Financial, now part of Morgan Stanley. She also spent years as a labor and employment litigation partner at DLA Piper US, LLP, one of the world's largest law firms. Additionally, she served as a substitute judge for Virginia's Nineteenth Judicial Circuit and taught law as an adjunct professor at her alma mater.

Ms. McWilliams earned her law degree from George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School and holds a bachelor's degree in education from the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education and Human Development. She is a licensed attorney in multiple jurisdictions.

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