Anastasia P. Williams  Anastasia P. Williams (born 1957) is an American politician who is a Democratic party member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, representing the 9th District since 1993. During the 2009-2010 sessions, she served on the House Committee on Municipal Government, and the Joint Committee on Accounts and Claims. She also served as the Chairperson of the House Committee on Labor. Williams is known for her collaboration with lobbyist and Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth & Families reform activist Nicholas Alahverdian. For nearly two decades, Williams and Alahverdian have worked to raise community awareness of the widespread abuse and neglect that children in DCYF care suffer on a daily basis. Among the bills that Williams and Alahverdian have drafted and introduced, the 2011 bill to create an "Emergency Oversight Commission on DCYF" is most notable. Alahverdian noted in an April 2017 "Providence Journal" column that Rep. Williams had reintroduced the resolution to create the Special House Oversight Committee on DCYF only for it to be tabled by House Leadership in the prior month.