Barry Williams has been President and founder of Williams Pacific Ventures, Inc., a venture capital and real estate investment and consulting firm since 1987 and a General Partner of Williams Pacific Ventures LP, a real estate and financial services investment and consulting company since 2003. Previously, he served as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Management Association International, a leading membership-based management development organization, from November 2000 to June 2001. He also serves as Senior Mediator of JAMS/Endispute, Inc., a leading alternative dispute resolution provider, since 1993, and Adjunct Lecturer, Entrepreneurship at Haas School of Business since 1995. He was General Partner of WDG Ventures, a California-based real estate development firm, from 1987 to 2001. He was previously President of C.N. Flagg Power Inc. from 1989 to 1992. Williams serves on the boards of CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd., Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, PG&E Corp., Simpson Manufacturing Company and SLM Corporation. Williams also serves on the boards of a number of not-for-profit organizations. |