Barry Lawson Williams is the retired managing general partner of Williams Pacific Ventures, Inc., the investment and consulting company he founded in San Francisco in 1987. Williams recently retired from the board of Jacobs Inc. He currently is a director at Sutter Health Corp. He formerly served as a director on 14 boards, including Jacobs Engineering Group Inc, Navient Corp, CH2M Hill Companies Ltd, PG&E Corp., Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, and SLM Corp. (Sallie Mae). In civic affairs, Williams is the past chairman of California Pacific Hospitals, the African American Experience Fund, and Management Leadership for Tomorrow.