Dave Williams
David Williams, 58, is the CEO of ShoreBank Pacific, the first commercial bank in the United States with a commitment to environmentally sustainable community development. He came to this position after two prior careers one in academia and another in manufacturing and 10 years in commercial banking.
A physicist with Masters degrees in both Physics and Economics, Williams taught Physics at both the secondary and collegiate level with a focus on energy issues. Moving to the commercial world, he has held progressive positions from MIS director through CFO, manufacturing manager and chief engineer, to CEO in companies in the Oil and Gas, robotics, boat building, and steel fabrication industries. These companies have been both local to the Pacific Northwest and international in scope including boat building in Taiwan at the early stage of its transition to an industrial economy.
In commercial banking Williams has worked primarily with small and mid-sized companies in all phases of bank services. Williams has assisted the World Bank in their development of their environmental policy, has shared the triple bottom line development perspective with the economic development directors of the fifty states, as well as spoken to numerous socially responsible investment professionals interested in expanding their horizons to include sustainable economic development.