Bill is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy (1975) and served on active duty as a Naval Aviator for 12 years prior to joining the Naval Reserves.  He has over 4000 hours flying the P-3 Orion and has made multiple deployments all over the world.  His last active duty station was the USS JOHN F. KENNEDY where he served as the Communications Officer.  As a Naval Reservist he continued to fly P-3’s, but he eventually became actively involved in the recruiting of interested and qualified students for the Naval Academy.  Bill recently retired from the Naval Reserves as a Commander after 28 years of service.  He continues in his role of finding future leaders who will receive a commission from the United States Naval Academy as officers in the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps. 

Upon leaving active duty Bill began a career in sports facilities management.  He has held top level positions with the following facilities:

 Yankee Stadium
 Giants Stadium (two tours)
 Cleveland Browns Stadium
 Disney’s Wide World of Sports

His responsibilities included budgeting, staffing, training, event execution, maintenance and capital improvements just to mention a few.  Bill is celebrating 20 years in the sports facility industry in 2007.  Bill is currently the President of the Stadium Managers Association which has members from the National Football League, Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the Canadian Football League, Universities/Colleges and other facilities that host sports and entertainment events.

Bill currently has his own consulting business featuring clients such as the New York Giants and New York Jets.  He is working on the new stadium which will be built for the Giants and Jets (projected cost, $1.4 billion); opening is planned for 2010.  

Bill was born and raised in South Orange, New Jersey and currently resides in West Orange, New Jersey with his wife Jodi and two children Sean and Sydney.  Bill’s oldest daughter, Ashley, works in management with Aramark at Fenway Park.