Bill was born and raised in Southwest Atlanta where he married his high school sweetheart, Nancy. They have been married for 39 years and have four sons and four grandchildren and have lived in Fayette County for twenty-two years.

Serving as a Deacon and Bible study teacher at New Hope Baptist Church, Bill is also on the boards of the South Metro Fellowship of Christian Athletes and The Black Rock Foundation. Recently Bill was appointed by the Southern Baptist Convention to serve as a Trustee at Truett-McConnell College.

Bill is an U.S. Army veteran and also served as a Fayette County Commissioner for eight years. While on the county commission Bill served on the Board of Managers for the Association of County Commissions of Georgia and was an instructor at the New County Commissioners Training Program.

In 1978 Bill graduated from Georgia State University with a Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning. He has been in the real estate industry for 35 years, working both in corporate real estate and the brokerage business. He is a founder of Southeast Properties, a commercial asset management and real estate brokerage company, which he and his partner started 15 years ago. He is a member of the Fayette County and the Atlanta Commercial Board of Realtors.

In 2003 Governor Sonny Purdue appointed Bill to the Georgia Real Estate Commission and has been elected chairman for the last two years.

Bill has served as county chairman for Bush-Chaney 2000 and 2004. In 2002 he was Governor Sonny Perdue’s District Campaign Manager and is currently the Governor’s county chairman. In 2004, Bill was a candidate for the 16^th State Senate District and is now on Congressman Lynn Westmoreland’s Small Business Committee and finance team.