Mara Williams

On February 1, 2018, Mara Williams joined C&D Technologies as VP, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary and became Trojan Battery Company’s General Counsel after C&D’s acquisition of Trojan in December 2018. In this role, Ms. Williams is responsible for determining and directing all legal, compliance and governmental statutory or regulatory issues; monitoring, coordinating and directing all litigation; managing outside legal counsel and providing in-house guidance and counsel.

Ms. Williams comes to C&D Technologies and Trojan Battery with over 22 years of experience; most recently as the Head of Legal Affairs and Compliance with Edmund Optics, Inc. a global organization supporting the R&D, electronics, semiconductor, pharmaceutical, biomedical and military markets around the globe. Prior positions include Assistant General Counsel at Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global, publicly-traded, specialty chemical/coatings company where she assisted with a successful transformation and IPO. Prior to joining Axalta, Ms. Williams was a Senior Attorney at CSL Behring, a global leader in the pharmaceutical/plasma protein biotherapeutic industry. Prior to joining CSL Behring, Ms. Williams was an associate at Ballard Spahr LLP and Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker. She has successfully teamed with corporate and business unit leaders to provide business-actionable advice focused on strategic and tactical business planning and leading operational teams to fully support revenue generation efforts.

Ms. Williams holds a Juris Doctor from Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia, PA and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Administration from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA.