Bill has more than 15 years of experience building coalitions, union organizing, community organizing, public affairs and campaign management. He has dedicated his career helping numerous organizations develop strategy and build capacity to win victories that improve the lives of working people.

Prior to joining the State Voices’ team, he spent seven years working at the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) where he co-created and led a nationwide community engagement strategy. With a focus on racial, economic and education justice, he successfully forged new community-labor partnerships, city and statewide coalitions that mobilized communities to win improvements in their schools and neighborhoods. Prior to his work at AFT he was the Program Director at The Workers Lab, an innovation lab that supports organizing efforts and enterprises that build scalable and sustainable power for working people in the 21st century economy. He also worked at 1199 Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers East where he led numerous organizing campaigns to empower hospital, nursing and homecare workers in the private sector. With a longtime commitment to training and mentoring he was also a trainer with Wellstone Action.

He has been an activist since he was a college student at the University of California Santa Barbara where he registered thousands of students to vote and lobby to expand access and affordability for students of color. He served as the President of the University of California Student Association and was the National Field Director for the United States Student Association, where he trained college students across the country and led federal and electoral campaigns.