Bill serves as the Director of Paul Smith’s College Visitor Interpretative Center and John Dillon Park working closely with staff, volunteers and partners to achieve the organization’s mission of providing outdoor experiences for all through education, recreation, research and the arts. With a commitment to the equitable stewardship of land & water, Bill’s experience ranges from Conservation Director with EarthCorps, an international conservation corps focused on ecological restoration & leadership development in the Pacific Northwest, to working with agriculture & forestry landowners in southern New York, along with varied leadership roles with the Adirondack Mountain Club and as interior caretaker in the High Peaks Region for the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. In addition to graduating from Paul Smith’s College, Bill earned his BS in Natural Resources Conservation from SUNY ESF and a MS degree in Nonprofit and Organizational Management from Antioch University New England.

His favorite part of the VIC is the diversity of the Woods and Waters Trail.