Greg Williams

Advisor at youturn

Greg is a strategic health policy consultant and communications specialist. As person in long-term recovery, Greg’s career has been dedicated to creating positive changes in access to quality healthcare and recovery support for the 20 million Americans still struggling with substance misuse. He is the award-winning filmmaker of the feature-length documentaries The Anonymous People and Generation Found. Greg has a master’s degree in addiction public policy from New York University and over a decade of experience working with organizations and government agencies on solving substance misuse issues. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, ABC World News, Los Angeles Times, and other news outlets.

In 2015, Greg executive produced the historic UNITE to Face Addiction Rally. The event was then memorialized in a 2016 PBS special that he executive produced. He also produced and launched the event and companion TV special for the release of the first-ever Surgeon’s General Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health: Facing Addiction in America in 2016.