Marjorie Williams, a recognized industry leader, is SVP/Head of Business & Legal Affairs at Skydance Sports (a joint studio venture between Skydance Media and the NFL). In addition to leading their Business & Legal Affairs team, she also focuses on operations, business development, and strategy. Prior to joining Skydance Sports, Williams was recruited to help launch a boutique entertainment law firm where she represented A-List actors, showrunners, writers, directors, producers, production companies and rights holders in film, television and new media. Williams was previously a senior business affairs executive at Amazon Studios and United Talent Agency; and was a member of the business & legal affairs teams at Endemol Shine North America and Viacom (Comedy Central and BET Networks).
Williams also serves on the board of USVETS, the Entertainment Industry College Outreach Program (EICOP) and the Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association. She is a frequent panelist and has received numerous awards/honors including being recognized by the National Bar Association as a Top 40 Lawyer Under 40 and a Woman of Influence by the LA Business Journal.
Williams is a Los Angeles native who holds a B.A. from Howard University, M.A. from the University of Oklahoma, J.D. from Loyola Law School, and an Executive M.B.A. from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
She retired as a Major in the U.S. Air Force Reserves with 22+ years of combined active duty and reserve service, where she worked out of embassies abroad and supported Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
