William S. White
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Position: President
Organization: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Location: Flint, MI
William S. White is a panel member.
William S. White is chairman, president and CEO of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, a private philanthropy based in Flint, Michigan, committed to supporting projects that promote a just, equitable and sustainable society. Mr. White joined Mott in 1969, became its president in 1976, and assumed the role of chairman in 1988. He currently serves on the boards of the European Foundation Centre, United States Sugar Corporation (chairman), Network of European Foundations for Innovative Cooperation, the After-School All-Stars, INDEPENDENT SECTOR, the C. S. Harding Foundation, and the Isabel Foundation. He has previously served on the boards of GMI Engineering & Management Institute (now Kettering University), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation; Council of Michigan Foundations; the Flint Public Trust, Council on Foundations, the Flint Area Focus Council, American Friends of the Czech Republic, American Water Works, Daycroft School, and Adventures Unlimited. In the 1980s Mr. White was a member of President Ronald Reagan's task force on private sector initiatives, and in the 1990s he served on the Carter Center's observer delegation to the Palestinian elections, on the U.S. Presidential Delegation to observe the Bosnian elections, and on a Presidential Economic and Business Development Mission to Croatia and Bosnia. He received a B.A. and M.B.A. from Dartmouth College, and is the recipient of several honorary degrees. Mr. White is married and has two children.