2011 Board of Directors
Chairman
William F. Christopher
President & CEO - Lakeview Consulting Enterprises
Before retiring from Alcoa as Chairman’s Counsel in March 2011, Bill continued to guide the Alcoa Growth Initiatives team, driving stronger linkages between the businesses and technology as a member of the Technology Advantage Steering Council and helping to develop the curriculum for a new advanced leadership program for managers.
Bill joined Alcoa in 1975 in the Finance organization in Pittsburgh and held financial management positions in Massena, Davenport and Tennessee before being named sheet mill manager at Davenport in 1988. Later, he led Commercial Products Sales and Marketing and in 1996 was named president of Alcoa Forged Products.
In 2001, he assumed responsibility for the global deployment of the Alcoa Business System and the company’s customer and quality initiatives. In October 2002 he became President of Alcoa’s Aerospace and Commercial Transportation Group, now called the Engineered Products and Solutions Group. In January 2003, his role was expanded to include Alcoa's automotive businesses. He was elected a vice president of Alcoa in 1999 and an executive vice president in 2001.
Bill obtained an MBA in 1980 from Clarkson University. He has been a member of the Greater Cleveland Partnership (GCP) Executive Committee for the past several years and was chair of the organization's Government Affairs Council from 2007 to 2009. In addition to serving as chairman of the GCP Board of Directors, he serves on Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson's Task Force for Economic Development.