Bill is the President of Slayton Lewis and a thirty-five-year veteran of the financial services industry.
He is an active member of the Hyde Park Angels (HPA), an Angel investor organization that is associated with the University of Chicago. Bill has mentored several start-up entrepreneurs, co-chaired the Business/Financial Ambassador Circle of HPA, and was an executive in residence at the U of Chicago.
Bill graduated with honors from Westminster College in Salt Lake City with a BS in Economics and received an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is a Certified Financial Planner and has developed, syndicated, and consulted on a myriad of commercial real estate projects in the western United States. He has been a featured speaker at many venues, including financial and tax strategy presentations. He is past chair of the Westminster College Alumni Board as well as an adjunct faculty member. He currently serves on the board of the Chicago Metropolitan YWCA.
In an earlier life, he was a radio announcer, an actor, and stand-up comedian.