Leah Williams-Rumbley
Leah Williams-Rumbley
Chief Impact & Operations Officer
Leah Williams-Rumbley currently serves as the Chief Impact and Operations Officer of YWCA South Hampton Roads. She returned “home” to this organization in July of 2025. She has 27 years of senior leadership experience in the nonprofit community services sector. At YWCA SHR, Leah integrates strategic program leadership with internal operations to ensure mission-driven excellence, organizational efficiency, and meaningful and measurable community impact.
In her former role as Chief Programs and Innovation Officer for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore, she oversaw innovative community feeding initiatives and stewarded relationships with elected and appointed officials, key community partners, stakeholders, and the business community. She also successfully leveraged functional expertise to diagnose challenges and root causes of complex issues.
Leah is passionate about changing lives and leverages her knowledge and connections in the community to bring worthy partners to the table ith the goal of centering the community in the work.
Mrs. Williams-Rumbley holds an undergraduate degree in General Studies focusing on Business
Administration from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration from
Regent University. She actively serves on various community boards and committees such as
Women United, Virginia Ed Strategies, and The Up Center. She is a past chair of the Norfolk Division
board of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce and an alumna of regional and statewide
leadership enhancement programs, LEAD Hampton Roads and LEAD Virginia. In November 2024,
Leah received a Gubernatorial appointment to serve on the Task Force on Support Services for
Survivors of Sexual Assault.