Lauren Williams

Lauren Williams is cofounder and CEO of Capital B, an award-winning nonprofit local-national news organization serving Black audiences that launched in January 2022. Before starting Capital B, Lauren was senior vice president and editor in chief of Vox, where she managed editorial and business operations. Lauren previously served as executive editor and managing editor at Vox and has also been an editor at Mother Jones and deputy editor at The Root. Lauren serves on the boards of directors for the International Women’s Media Foundation and the Associated Press Foundation for Journalism. She lives outside of Washington, DC, with her husband and two children.