Board of Trustees

United Way of America's Board of Trustees meets four times a year and takes responsibility for governing the United Way System, particularly focusing on strategic leadership, resource and relationship development, stewardship of UWA and system assets, performance measurement and management, reputation building, and public policy and advocacy.

Governance
Mr. William G. Parrett,
Chair, United Way of America

Bill Parrett is the Retired Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte Touche. In a career that spans more than 35 years, he has served many of the firm’s leading clients. He co-founded Deloitte’s Global Financial Services Industry practice and served as its first Chairman. A long-time advocate of community service, Bill serves on the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Hall and the National Advisory Board of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. He is a member of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) and of the G100 CEO Forum. Bill serves on the boards of the Japan Society and the U.S. - Japan Business Council. In addition, he is a member of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD), and serves as Chairman for the United States Council for International Business (USCIB) and as an International Councillor for the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS). He also serves as a trustee to St. Francis College and to the Catholic University of America.

In recent years, he has led Deloitte’s participation at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, including leading high-level discussions on corporate governance, doing business in China, and on key issues impacting the financial services industry. Bill is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

A graduate of St. Francis College in New York, Bill joined a predecessor firm of Deloitte & Touche in 1967. He became a partner in 1977. He and his wife, Diane, have six children and four grandchildren.