An avid fly fisherman and clean water advocate, Bill served as Executive Director of the South Branch Watershed Association from 2005 until RHA was created in 2011. Bill graduated from United States Military Academy, served as an officer with the Army Corps of Engineers, earned his law degree from Syracuse University, and became an attorney specializing in environmental law. He is the former Chief of the Califon Fire Department and serves on the New Jersey Highlands Coalition Policy Committee and the Raritan Basin Watershed Alliance.