William A. Parsons, Jr.
Managing Director

William A. Parsons, Jr. is Chair of the Global Automotive Conference, Managing Director of the Global Advanced-Leadership Center and a Executive Professor in the Gordon Ford College of Business. Over the past seven years at Western Kentucky University, he helped found the annual Global Automotive Conference, organize training and leadership workshops and seminars on NAFTA, China, Mexico, Paraguay, Japan, Kaizen and other practical programs for business, industry, community, students and Faculty as well as led trade missions to Mexico.

Currently he serves as Chair of the Kentucky International Trade Education Committee of the US Department of Commerce, member of the Kentucky World Trade Center Advisory Council, member of National Association of International Trade Educators, Kentucky World Trade Center Advisory Board, Japan America Society of Kentucky and serves a speaker/consultant to business and industry. He serves as a member on several not for profit boards that focus on family values, international education and helping others. In over 20 years in business, as a senior business leader he has worked and or lived in over 42 different countries dealing in sales, marketing, negotiations, strategic alliances and new business creation with expertise in Japan, Asia, South America and Europe.

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