WILLIAM S. CRADDOCK JR. is a business executive who has worked with Trinity Church, Wall Street, in the development and management of The Clergy Leadership Project from 1991 until 1995. He served as Director of The Cornerstone Project, a ministry of the Episcopal Church Foundation. He was the Managing Director of CREDO Institute, Inc. from 2001 until 2012 and then served as Senior Vice President of the Church Pension Group, overseeing Education and Wellness programs. He retired in April of 2015 is now serving as Chair of the Board of Directors for St. Vincent’s Centre for Handicapped Children in Haiti and also on the board of the National Metal Museum. He lives in Memphis, Tennessee.

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