David C.E. Williams, Managing Partner, is a physicist who taught for 14 years before becoming a serial entrepreneur in oil and gas and steel fabrication. Most recently, he was the CEO of ShoreBank Pacific, an economic development bank headquartered in rural Washington with loans to more than 200 companies. The bank was grown from no deposits and few loans to $234 Million in assets under his tenure before being sold in 2011. As CEO, Williams spoke at a national level on issues such as: sustainability, green buildings, and the economics of crises.

Williams holds an AB in Physics from Whitman College, an MAT in Physics from Reed College, and an MBA in Economics from the University of Washington. He has served and continues to serve on the board of directors of several for profit entities and has served and continues to serve on the board of several non-profits including the Columbia Land Trust.