A former Planning Director for VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio, Interim Planning Director at the Fort Worth Transportation Authority, Director of Transportation for the North Central Texas Council of Governments (Dallas-Fort Worth’s Metropolitan Planning Organization), and General Engineer at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Bill brings a unique background in regional transportation planning to the Great Springs Project. Uniquely recognized as a Fellow by both the Institute of Transportation Engineers and the American Institute of Certified Planners, Bill offers in-depth expertise in coordinating and aligning municipal, county, state and federal planning initiatives. Additionally, Bill was Chairman of the Board of the Bexar Land Trust (now known as the Green Spaces Alliance of South Texas), signing critical land conservation easement agreements. Bill has been a former Adjunct Associate Professor in the graduate urban and regional planning program at the University of Texas at San Antonio and a former Advisory Board Member to the Hill Country Alliance. As a consultant, Bill has helped public and private clients in seven states, Canada and Mexico as well as the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Agency for International Development. In addition, Bill has been engaged in “think tank” projects with the Houston Advanced Research Center, the Environmental Defense Fund, the Center for Urban Transportation Research, the Gas Research Institute, and the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, where he was recognized for his distinguished service as Chairman of the Committee on Transportation Programming, Planning and Systems Evaluation. He has a B.S. in physics from the University of Florida and a M.A. in urban affairs from the University of Texas at Arlington.