Sanford S. Williams is a Lecturer in Law at UCLA School of Law. and will teach Lawyering in Administrative Agencies - Current Issues at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). He has worked at the FCC since 1999, and is currently the Deputy Chief of Staff for FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel.

Williams received his B.S. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering and an MBA from Cornell University, and his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law where he was a member of the Virginia Law Review.

Williams was elected three times to the Manassas City Virginia School Board and is the first African American Board Chair in the history of Manassas. He served for three years on the Board of Directors for the University of Virginia Physicians Group., and for 15 years as the Business Manager for Olde Towne Pediatrics, a pediatric practice in Northern Virginia. Williams is especially interested in digital equity, telehealth, gender and racial health care disparities, and mental health issues. He most recently wrote an article published in Medium, "It's Not Just About George Floyd."