J. W. "BILL" WADE

Bill Wade recently retired from his position as Superintendent, National Park Service, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, where he specialized in employee and organizational development, creating value for their customers. He was featured in the "award winning" video program "Legendary Service" as a model leader.

With over 2000 hours of classroom and field teaching experience in a variety of subjects, Bill has provided training to a number organizations all over the world. His expertise is backed by more than 17 years of line management experience, and 15 years experience in Board of Director and Officer positions.

Bill is co-developer of many successful courses including the public sector version of the "best selling" programs, "Frontline Service" and "Service Leadership" (see our "products" link). He has co-authored articles and current text books.

Bill has had 25 years experience in search and rescue and has been a member of National Association of Search and Rescue (NASAR) since 1973. Since that time, he has been a Board Member for a total of 11 years. He has served as Vice President for Education for 8 years and Conference Coordinator for 5 years. He has been involved in a variety of other committees and projects. He received the Hal Foss Award, the NASAR Service Award, the NASAR State Award, and is a Fellow of the Association.

Bill holds a bachelor's degree in business administration and biological sciences from Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado.