Bill "R.W." Van Sant
Title: Trustee
Hometown: Bayfield, WI
Profile
Bill became a Trustee in July 2012. He is currently an operating partner of Stone Arch Capital, a Minneapolis, MN-based private equity fund. Bill worked at Deere & Company in Waterloo, Iowa, before earning undergraduate and master's degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of Iowa. He returned to Deere & Company where he became Corporate Vice President of Manufacturing and Engineering in 1981. Mr. Van Sant has made subsequent major senior management contributions as President and Chief Operating Officer of Cessna Aircraft, Wichita, Kansas, as well as President, CEO, Chief Operating Officer, and a Director of Blount Inc., Montgomery, Alabama.
