She was the president and CEO of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) from March 2017 to January 13, 2019.
[10][citation needed] In January 2019, Williams resigned from PG&E as the company struggled to deal with legal and financial repercussions associated with a series of devastating California wildfires, which occurred in 2017 and 2018.
[12][13] Michael Hiltzik, writing in a column for the Los Angeles Times, criticized Williams' performance as well as PG&E for providing a $10mm+ pay package, which included $2.6mm in severance pay, when Williams left as the company prepared to enter bankruptcy.
Hiltzik also reported that "Williams’ compensation encompassed numerous perks, including a car and driver, a $51,000 security system for her home, health club and “executive health” services worth $5,453 and financial services subsidized to the tune of $7,980.
[3][4] She is a board director of the Bipartisan Policy Center[16] and the a trustee of the California Academy of Sciences.