William D. Shea William (Bill) Shea is Senior Strategic Relationships Manager for Harvard Business School Publishing (HBSP). Before that Bill held positions as Global Accounts Manager at HBSP and Director, Executive Education Relations, for Harvard University's Graduate School of Business Administration. Prior to joining Harvard, Bill worked at the Harbridge House division of Coopers & Lybrand LLP as a senior consultant responsible for the development, marketing and presentation of leadership and executive development programs. Bill also spent over seven years with the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), during which time he established CCL's first European branch office in Brussels, Belgium, and served as Managing Director. Bill continues to work as a free-lance coach/feedback-giver for CCL’s Leadership Development Program licensee in Canada, The Niagara Institute, where he consults with both English and French-speaking executives. Bill holds a BA degree from Hunter College (City University of New York); an MA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. He is a long-standing member of the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and has served on ASTD's national board of directors. He is currently a member of the board of directors of the Hunter College Alumni Association and was inducted into the Hunter Alumni Hall of Fame in 1998. He also serves on the board of directors of "Play for Peace," an international not-for-profit organization which brings together children from communities in conflict to promote understanding through experiential exercises and play.