Quentin Williams

In 2007, he was elected to the Middletown, Connecticut Planning & Zoning Commission. Williams was unanimously made chair of the commission two years later. Williams was elected as Middletown Treasurer in 2011 and re-elected in 2015.^[2]

He was the director of policy and advocacy for Excellence Community Schools, a charter school system in Stamford, Connecticut.^[3]

Williams was elected to the Connecticut House of Representatives in 2018 winning 61% of the vote over 39% for Republican candidate Anthony Gennaro.^[4] He was re-elected in 2020 and 2022.^[3] During the legislature's 2021–22 session, he co-chaired the committees on aging and housing. At the start of the 2023–24 session, he was set to co-chair the labor committee.^[5] Williams was noted for his focus on housing issues.^[3] In 2022, he authored a bill, which was successfully passed into law, leading to the formation of commissions to mediate disputes between tenants and renters in all Connecticut municipalities with a population of over 25,000.^[6]

Born Quentin Phipps, he changed his surname to Williams, his mother's last name, in 2022.^[7] Williams was a graduate of Bryant University, where he studied business, and Villanova University, where he received a master's degree in public administration.^[5] At the time of his death, he was enrolled at the Harvard Kennedy School.^[5]

Williams lived in Middletown with his wife, the former Carrissa Phillippe.^[8][5] He was a member of the Cross Street Zion AME Church in Middletown.^[9]