Bill is an experienced business executive with an extensive background in both business and not for profit association management. His career commenced in education where he taught at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario. He then moved into the corporate world in senior human resources management with such companies as The Hudson’s Bay Company, Scintrex Inc., Royal Trust, Rogers Communications, Paul Revere Life Insurance/Textron and Glaxo SmithKline Canada.   Following his career in human resources Bill then progressed into public affairs management as Director of Government Relations with Glaxo SmithKline Canada. During his ten years in this role Bill was instrumental in growing the public affairs function to be one of the leaders in the pharmaceutical industry across Canada. He also assumed a leadership role in the successful industry lobbies to bring about changes in Canada’s intellectual property protection for brand name pharmaceuticals. He was awarded the industry’s President’s Award in 1999 for this effort.   In 2000 Bill moved into the world of not for profit and association management as Chief Executive Officer of St. John Ambulance in Ontario. In 2003 Bill commenced his consulting practice, Parkelaw Inc and served clients such as the OHA, CNIB, the Petroleum Products Institute, Innovative Medicines Canada and the American Multiple Sclerosis Association. In 2005 he returned to association management and served in such roles as Executive Director of the Ontario Community Newspaper Association, General Manager of the Chicken Farmers of Ontario, Executive Director of the Biotechnology Initiative at Toronto’s Mars Centre, Executive Director of the Ontario Association of Food Banks and Executive Director of the Canadian Assistive Devices Association. In this period, he also did consulting work with Amgen Canada, McMaster Innovation Park, The Registered Massage Therapists of Ontario, A First Nations group in NWT and LHH Knightsbridge   His volunteer activities have included being Chair and CEO of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, President of the Empire Club of Canada, President of the Metropolitan Toronto Lung Association and sitting on the Boards of the Queensway General Hospital ,The Ontario Lung Association, the University of Toronto, Mississauga Campus, the John Howard Society, the Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation, the University of Guelph Alumni Association, The Lang School of Business at the University of Guelph, the Canadian Association of Manufacturers and Exporters, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce and the Public Affairs Association of Canada. Presently he sits on the boards of Friends of Gryphon Football, Hamilton Health Sciences where he sits on the Research and Development as well as the Human Resources committees. He also assists the Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation. He is also Chair of the Halton/Peel Grant Review Team for the Ontario Trillium Foundation. He continues to be actively involved in research in the Hamilton and GTA regions. He is also an experienced fundraiser having worked on numerous campaigns for hospitals, universities and other not for profit organizations. In 1992 he was awarded the Arbor award from the University of Toronto for his volunteer fund development work at the university. In 2021 he was named Alumni Volunteer of the year at the University of Guelph. ​ Bill is a graduate of the University of Guelph where he obtained his Honours BA in History. He also obtained a Bachelor’s in Education from Queen’s University and a Master’s in Education from the University of Toronto as well as doing graduate studies leading to a Master’s degree in history at Queen’s University. Bill also is a Certified Human Resources Professional. Bill lives in Burlington. Ontario with his wife Sara and they have two grown children, Kate and Elizabeth who live in Niagara.