Margaret Williams

Biography

From Greenwich, CT, Margaret Williams is an economics major at the United States Military Academy. As an intern with the White House National Security Council in the directorate for International Economics, Margaret experienced firsthand the power of economics as a policy tool in the international system. Outside of the classroom, she plays attack for the Army’s Division I Women’s Lacrosse Team, serves as the Varsity Athletics Officer, and is a research assistant with the Irregular Warfare Initiative. In the spring of 2022, West Point selected Margaret as a Presidential Fellow with the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress, where she researches how emerging financial technology disrupts financial systems as a threat to national security. Margaret will commission as an Army Engineer Officer and aspires to return to the National Security Council to shape strategy that enhances global economic stability. At Oxford, Margaret hopes to read for an MSc in Economics for Development and an MSc in Global Governance and Diplomacy.