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More About Bill
 Business
• Former television news director/anchor/reporter/producer
• 30+ year career as a media critic/consultant
• Founder & CEO of media research & consulting firms based in Dallas, Los Angeles, London
• Honored by Broadcast & Cable Magazine by being named "Fifth Estater" - 1998
• Past President, Illinois News Broadcasters Association
• Long-time member, Radio-Television News Director's Association
• Past member National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Civic/Religious
• Vice Chairman, Aiken Chapter of the American Red Cross
• Leadership Team, American Red Cross of Central South Carolina (current)
• Created "Emergency Mobile Shower Unit" supporting First Responders & Disaster Victims
• Provided Disaster Assistance with the "Emergency Mobile Shower Unit" following Hurricane Ike in Texas - September 2008
• Participated in four post-Katrina mission trips to the Gulf Coast to assist in re-building
• Participates in Aiken-area construction mission trips
• Member, Aiken Rotary Club
• Shriner, Jamil Temple, Columbia, SC
• Member, Aiken County Shrine Club
• Member, Millbrook Baptist Church, Aiken, SC
• Former Methodist Church Youth Group Leader
• Cadet Colonel, Illinois Civil Air Patrol Wing
• Founder & Former Commander, Civil Air Patrol Squadron
• Past Vice President, Animal Welfare League, Rockford, Illinois
• Past President, professional theater company, Rockton, Illinois
• Former, Big Brother mentor
• Member, NRA
• Member, Palmetto Cruiser Motorcycle Club, Aiken, SC
• Member, ABATE
• Member, USC Gamecocks Club
Public Service & Politics
• White House Consultant to President George H.W. Bush's "Points of Light" initiative
• GOP Precinct President, Shiloh #34, Aiken County
• Member, Aiken County Republican Party
• Member, Aiken County Republican Club
• Member, GOP National Party
• Former Member, U.S. Republican Senatorial Inner Circle
Personal
• Married to Donna Taylor in 1970.
• Father of two: Kasey, 32, and Ryan, 31 (both living in Aiken, SC)
• Grandfather of one (3 year old granddaughter)
• Owned and operated a horse farm in Aiken County
• Commercial Pilot's License Rated for hot air balloons
Education
• Attended Bradley University, Peoria, IL, Majored in Journalism
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