Bill Drayton

Background

Drayton, Bill was born on June 15, 1943 in New York City. Son of William A. and Joan (Bergere) Drayton.

Education

Bachelor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965. Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1967. Juris Doctor, Yale University, New Haven, 1970.

Doctor of Laws (honorary), Polytechnic University, 2006. Doctor of Philosophy in Human Letters (honorary), Yale University, 2009. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), New York University, 2010.

Career

Consultant McKinsey and Company, Incorporated, New York York City, 1970-1977, of counsel, 1981-1987. Visiting associate professor law Stanford University, 1975-1976. Lecturer John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Also director Harvard Regulatory and Management Group, 1976-1977. Consultant White House Domestic Policy Council, 1977. Assistant administrator for planning and management Environmental Protection Agency, 1977-1981.

President Environmental Safety, Washington, 1981-1989, chair, since 1989. President, founder Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, Arlington, Virginia, 1980-2001, chairman, Chief Executive Officer, since 2001. National staff Hubert H. Humphrey Presidential Campaign, Washington, 1968.

Director Corporation for Fiscal Policy, 1971-1975. Founder, chairman Yale Legislation Services. Advisory council Carnegie Commission Science, Technology and Government, 1990-1996.

Achievements

• Bill Drayton has been listed as a notable management consultant, entrepreneur, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Americans in India for McGovern, 1972. Member Carter-Mondale Policy Planning, 1976, Carter-Mondale Government Reorganization Transition Group, 1976-1977. Deputy director for issues Mondale-Ferraro campaign, 1984.

Energy and environment committee Democratic National Committee, 1982-1986. Board directors Oxfam American, 1985-1989, Appropriate Technology International, 1988-1997, chairman board directors, 1989-1997. Trustee Black Rock Forest (formerly Harvard Forest), New York.

Chairman board directors Youth Venture, since 1994. Founder, chair Get American Working!, since 1997. President Save Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, 1981-1983.

Chair Community Greens, since 2000, chair environmental safety, since 1984. Founder, director Social Entrepreneur Associates, since 1998. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science (committee on science public policy 1973-1976), Association Bar City New York, Friends of India Society (chairman 1974-1975), Council Foreign Relations, Pacific Council International Policy, National Academy Public Administration, American Academy Arts and Sciences, Asia Society (contemporary affairs committee 1987-2000), India International Center (New Delhi), Yale Law School Association (executive committee since 2005), Yale Club New York, Harvard Club New York, Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

William A. Drayton

Mother:

Joan (Bergere) Drayton