Provides national leadership for the Extension Master Gardener program;

Serves as director of the Methyl Bromide Transitions program;

Works as a secondary national program leader with NIFA's Joe Wysocki to provide national leadership for the Extension Disaster Education Network;

Works as a secondary national program leader with NIFA's Jim Parochetti to provide national leadership for the Pesticide Safety Education Program;

Serves as the agency's co-liaison, along with Jane Schuchardt, to the University of New Hampshire ;

Coordinates the NIFA Food and Agricultural Defense Initiative funding;

Consults with the USDA Office of Homeland Security on farm security regulatory matters; and

Provides leadership for a portfolio of Hatch multi-state committees and congressionally designated grants.

Bill received his Doctor of Education degree in Higher Education Administration from George Washington University in 2009. He holds a Master of Education degree in Instructional Systems (2002) and a Master of Business Administration degree (1992), both from Penn State. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology from Penn State in 1989. Prior to coming to NIFA in 2002, he worked for five years in Penn States Office of Pesticide Education. He spent the previous five years as a sales representative for two different crop protection product manufacturers.