William and wife, Christine, live in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood in Cleveland. William is a returning native raised in Shaker Heights, who is glad to be giving back to his home town. Christine, from San Antonio, Texas, has adopted Cleveland, and is now the manager of the West Side Market. They met in New Orleans, a town they both still love. Avid foodies, William and Christine hope to become involved in the local food movement as a way to make the community more sustainable, and support local entrepreneurship.
William is a Big in Cleveland Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and strongly supports mentoring opportunities. “I’ve realized that what separates people who are able to succeed in life, and avoid the myriad pitfalls young adults encounter almost daily, is recognizing the path from where you are, to success. I was lucky enough to have the family, guidance, and educational resources to discover that path. Mentoring is about helping people discover that path who do not have those same opportunities, to give people that same chance to succeed that we sometimes take for granted.” Besides BBBS, William also participates in the 3Rs program through the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association, which sends lawyers into Cleveland tenth-grade classrooms to provide guidance through constitutional scholarship and discussion.
William and Christine are members of Holy Rosary Church in Little Italy, where they were married in 2009.
