Bill has been working for the Berkshire Food Co-op since August 2011. When he started, his position was titled Operations Coordinator, and that has morphed into his current position, Receiving Coordinator. We asked him a few questions to get to know him better! Here's what he had to say:
Q: Who inspires you?
A: Successful people who have combined success with social involvement, such as Bill & Melinda Gates.
Q: What was the best concert you ever attended?
A: Hard to pick one. Let’s just say any performance by Arlo, Lyle Lovett or John Prine.
Q: What are you passionate about?
A: Living life honestly.
Q: What’s your favorite movie?
A: Nightmare Before Christmas. We watch it every year around Thanksgiving.
Q: What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?
A: Participated in Project Nim, which was about teaching a chimpanzee sign language. There are a couple of books out on this. Also, HBO made a movie, which is still sometimes on one of the HBO cable channels.
Q: What’s the coolest thing you’re working on right now?
A: Rethinking our old farmhouse’s design with aging in mind.
Q: Who would you most like to swap places with for a day?
A: Stephen King. Just to get into his thought process for a day would be awesome.
Q: What’s the best meal you’ve ever had?
A: It’s hard to pin down. My wife’s a really good, inventive cook and I don’t think I’ve ever had a meal that surpasses hers.
Q: What’s your secret talent that no one knows about?
A: Investing. It all started when my uncle told me to insist on getting paid in Eisenhower silver dollars when I was mowing lawns as a youngster. Currently, I’m a participant in the Co-op’s Owner Loan Program.
Q: What was your favorite band 10 years ago?
A: Bruce & the E Street Band.
Q: If you could snap your fingers and become an expert in something, what would it be?
A: Weather research. I spent four years in a mobile weather unit when I was in the Air Force and was intrigued that no matter how exacting one was, you could never be 100% correct.
Q: What’s the best advice you’ve ever heard?
A: Trust yourself and in what you believe. Make sure what you believe in is well based.
Q: Seen anything lately that made you smile?
A: Early late fall mornings when the eastern sky is a marvelous combination of reds, pinks and purples.
Q: What’s something—big or small—that you’re really good at?
A: The ear and mind is always open.