Jewel Williams Johnson proudly serves as the Westchester County Legislator representing the 8th Legislative District. Re-elected in 2023, she is currently serving her second term on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, having succeeded her mother, the Hon. Alfreda Williams, in 2021.

Legislator Williams Johnson is a trailblazer, making history in her first term as the first freshman legislator to Chair the Board’s Committee on Budget & Appropriations since the Board’s inception—one of its most powerful and consequential committees. She also chairs the Health Sub-Committee and the Non-Profit Taskforce, and serves as Vice Chair of the Committee on Human Services. In addition, she is an active member of the committees on Housing & Planning, Labor & Human Rights, Public Works & Transportation, and the Families Taskforce. 

In addition to her legislative roles, Legislator Williams Johnson also serves on the Westchester County Board of Health and the Community Services Board, helping to guide public health and human service strategies countywide.

She is an active member of the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) and serves on both the Medicaid & Human Services Standing Committee and the Public Health & Mental Health Standing Committee, ensuring Westchester’s voice is heard at the state level.

As Chair of the Sub-Committee on Health, Legislator Williams Johnson ensures that the Board addresses pressing health issues affecting Westchester residents. Topics explored under her leadership have included:  

• Mental health access and equity  
• Digital access inequities and their impact on health disparities  
• Domestic violence prevention  
• Infant suffocation education  
• Baby formula shortages and market monopolies  
• Pediatric firearm injuries as a public health crisis  
• Long COVID  
• Political polarization and its impact on personal relationships  
• Suicide prevention  
• Veteran healthcare and denied Medicare claims  
• Prescription drug affordability  
• Maternal health disparities  
• Mental health insurance parity  
• Food insecurity among college students

Due to her consistent advocacy, the County’s 2023 and 2024 budgets included funding to reopen two mental health clinics that were previously shut down in 2011.

In her first year on the Board, Legislator Williams Johnson was the primary sponsor of two landmark bills: the Gun Safety Signage Law and the Flavored Tobacco Ban.

Deeply committed to public service and community engagement, Legislator Williams Johnson is known for being accessible, responsive, and genuinely attentive to the needs of her constituents. She is a past president of the Westchester Black Women’s Political Caucus, Inc. (WBWPC), founder of the WBWPC Run Lead Strategy Laboratory, and a district leader with the Greenburgh Democratic Committee. Her extensive civic involvement also includes:

• Former Vice President, White Plains-Greenburgh NAACP  
• Former Member, Westchester County Women’s Advisory Board  
• Former Mentor Coordinator, Highview Elementary School  
• Former President, Women’s Ministry and Sunday School Teacher at Bethel Baptist Church  
• Former Advisory Board Member, WCLA – Choice Matters  
• Former Member, Town of Greenburgh Arts & Culture Board  
• Guest Lecturer on Politics at Lehman College  
• Occasional contributor to 'The Westchester County Press'

Professionally, Jewel brings more than 14 years of experience as an administrator at Columbia University Irving Medical Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.

A proud product of the Greenburgh Central School District, Legislator Williams Johnson was raised in Greenburgh, where she resides with her husband Lacy Johnson, her mother, and their beloved Dalmatian, Jasper. She considers it a profound blessing to serve the community she calls home.