2023-24

What position do you currently serve at Leavey? Director, Assessment & Special Projects & Director, Conscientious Capitalism Initiative

Hobbies: stocks & investments, reading, home improvement projects, riding my motorcycle (2018 HD Heritage), cooking, volunteering for my kids' sports and activities
Interests: fitness/healthy living, hiking/backpacking/camping, theology, character-based leadership, Chicago Cubs, craft beer and ciders, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, family adventures
Fun Facts: From a large family - oldest of 12 kids, grew up in the Midwest and moved around a lot, have visited all 50 States

Biography: Active in Silicon Valley, Bill currently works at Santa Clara University (SCU) in Santa Clara, CA and at the Center for Conscientious Leadership (CCL) in Menlo Park, CA. Connecting deeply with the Ignatian principle of intentional development of the whole person, at SCU he creates courses and programs that connect undergraduate and graduate students to their purpose and accompanies them in journeys of personal and vocational discovery. He also partners with his faculty colleagues to assure student learning is consistent with the School's desired educational goals and outcomes.

At the CCL he partners with today’s influential leaders in Silicon Valley to form the next generation into leaders of character, courage, and impact. Bill holds a Masters of Education in Community Counseling from Kent State University, a Master of Arts in Social Theory and Theological Ethics from the Graduate Theological Union, a Master of Business Administration from the Leavey School at Santa Clara University, and a Certificate in Evidence-Based Coaching from Fielding University. He is an Associate Certified Coach credentialed by the International Coaching Federation.

Prior to SCU, Bill worked at San Jose State University, Loyola Marymount University, University of the Pacific, and Baldwin-Wallace College. Outside of work, Bill loves spending time with his wife, Ngoc, and their three boys. He is an active volunteer in his community with his sons’ sports teams, civic engagements, and at his church.

Advice for Undergraduate Students: "The advice I would offer to undergraduate students is better expressed by an activist and clergyman I admire, William Sloane Coffin. "But you have to experience far more in life. Values are less taught than caught, caught in 'important experiences'. Ethical principles and moral theories motivate no one. Empathy and courage spring from the heart. Remember that the greatest perils to the planet arise not from the poor and ignorant for whom education is an answer; they are caused by the well-educated for whom self-interest is the problem. And I'll tell you something else: action tends to lead to more new ways of thinking than does thought to new ways of acting." - William Sloane Coffin"