Bill Sherrill - "The Current Economy - How We Got Here and Where We're Going"

William W. Sherrill has a strong background in both operations and finance. In addition to his active business interests, he teaches Entrepreneurship as an Executive Professor at the University of Houston’s Bauer College of Business Administration and is Chairman of the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at that college. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the Cullen College of Engineering.

Mr. Sherrill has headed both large and small corporations. He was President of Associates Corporation of North America, a multi-billion dollar international corporation providing financial services. He was a member of Gulf and Western’s Board of Directors. His smaller corporation experience includes Chairman, President and CEO of Dasa Corporation, a multi-million dollar telephonics and electronics company with international offices and distribution. Mr. Sherrill was a co-founder of the Jamaica Corporation, a development, construction and financing group. The company developed Jamaica Beach and Tiki Island in the Galveston Resort Market plus Commercial Centers and Apartment Complexes in the Houston Market.

He was President of a Commercial Bank, President of a Federal Credit Union and Executive Vice President of a Savings and Loan Association.
In government service, Mr. Sherrill was a Governor of the Federal Reserve System in Washington D. C., Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Treasurer of the City of Houston.

His government administrative experience includes: Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Houston, Executive Assistant to the Mayor and Port Commissioner of the Port of Houston

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