Bill is Co-Founder of Mountain Lakes. Known as a Speaking Coach to top executives around the world, he is also an executive coach and advisor to senior business leaders and government officials in the United States for more than 15 years. He has international experience providing leadership training and executive coaching primarily in Europe, Asia and North America.

Bill is an American entrepreneur who co-founded CMI Marketing in 1999 in New York City with Michael Sanchez and Andrew Shue. As co-founder he helped raise $60 mm in start-up capital and business alliances. CMI later launched the largest social networking site on the web for moms: www.CafeMom.com which currently has more than a hundred million page views a month.

Bill has also served as a motivational speaker to college and university students, inspiring young adults to leadership and community service. Sharing with Jim a mutual passion for the work of non-profit organizations to empower youth and adults, Bill has helped create several national service organizations including Do Something (working with Michael and Andrew) which was featured on MTV and in Rolling Stone. In 1997, Bill helped plan the President’s Summit for America’s Future with former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and living U.S. Presidents. He has also played a role in helping create a number of award winning national and youth student service organizations including Into the Streets, The Hunger Clean-up and Break Away and currently focuses his contributions as CEO of The LEAGUE (www.theleague.org and www.learningtogive.org).

Bill holds an undergraduate degree in International Studies and French from Aquinas College in his hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He and his wife, Maria, formerly a chemist with Schering Plough, have two young children, Peter and Anna. Together they enjoy basketball, golf, swimming, travel and reside in New Jersey..