martha williamson is the host and voice of a touch of encouragement on beliefnetcom she is best known as the head writer and executive producer of the longrunning hit cbs television series touched by an angelshe was named in 2007 by her publisher as one of the 12 most powerful christians in hollywood she became the first woman to solely produce two network television dramas simultaneouslytouched by an angel was nominated for nine emmy awards and was inducted into the museum of television and radio hall of fame it has been translated into more than sixty languages and continues to be broadcast around the worldmartha began her career in television working on musical variety programs for carol burnett walt disney television and others she wrote and produced for halfhour comedies such as the longrunning the facts of life and the family man with gregory harrison she made the transition to onehour drama as producer of jacks place for abc television and coexecutive producer of the cbs series under one roof which starred james earl jones and in 1994 she became the executive producer of the touched by an angelher numerous awards include the freedom works award from the us congress the edward r murrow responsibility in television award the producers guild nova award the templeton prize as well as honors from the antidefamation league the naacp the salvation army catholics in mediashe was appointed to the presidents white house council on service and civic participationa popular speaker martha frequently addresses organizations and companies using humor and behindthescenes show business anecdotes to illustrate the power of positive storytelling and the importance of incorporating ethics and values into business management most recently she has appeared onstage on both coasts performing her musical onewoman show martha at risk with tonyawardwinning composer larry grossmana native of colorado martha lives in southern california with her husband jon andersen and their two children she is a graduate of williams college