Bill+Clapp

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=Bill Clapp=

Global Partnerships Location (traveling from): Seattle Contact Information: (206) 652-8773 Monique, Bill’s Assistant Availability: **Awaiting Response** Cost: Conference Topic Emphasis: Social Justice Background Information: Mr. Clapp is a businessman with over 30 years experience running a variety of companies in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and Hawaii. With his wife, Paula, he co-founded Global Partnerships in 1994 after traveling to El Salvador. They returned convinced that there was no reason for severe poverty to exist on such a massive scale. Bill retired from business and became CEO of Global Partnerships in early 2001.

In addition to serving on the boards of Weyerhaeuser and Alaska Airlines, Mr. Clapp has been or is on the boards of several non-profit, poverty-related organizations as well as a member of several Northwest community organizations. He and Paula have five children and live in Magnolia.