Bill retired as President and CEO of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), which is based in New York City, and is a not-for-profit academic research organization housing a pre-clinical lab, a clinical trials center and a medical education division. It is affiliated with Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons. Prior to joining CRF, he was Senior Vice President at VHA and Executive Officer of its New York-based VHA Empire – Metro. VHA is a national health care alliance that provides supply chain management and clinical improvement services and supports the formation of regional and national networks to help members improve their clinical and economic performance. Before that, he held President and Chief Executive Officer positions at several hospitals and health care systems, including The Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut, Saint Mary’s Health Services in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Holy Cross Health System in South Bend, Indiana, Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health System in Detroit, Michigan. He is currently a guest lecturer in the MHA Program at MUSC and at the BSN Program at USC-Beaufort and also serves on the advisory boards of two small private healthcare companies: Bright Whistle and Intralign. Bill holds a B.A. in Labor-Management Relations/Economics from Penn State University and a Masters in Public Health in healthcare administration from the University of Pittsburgh. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.