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William Hauck
President, California Business Roundtable
Bill Hauck is President of the Sacramento based California Business
Roundtable, a statewide, non partisan organization composed of chief
executive officers of California’s leading corporations. Established in
1976, the organization brings executive level leadership to essential
public policy issues affecting the state’s business climate, economic
growth and quality of life. Bill assumed the presidency in November
1996.
Bill is also a founder, major shareholder and a member of the Board of Directors of Information for Public Affairs Inc. Doing business under the name State Net, the national information services company headquartered in Sacramento maintains a data base of legislation introduced in 50 states and Congress. Along with his partner Jud Clark, Bill led the company for more than 20 years.
After retiring from State Net, Bill served as chairman of the California Constitution Revision Commission and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Pete Wilson. Earlier in his career he served as Chief of Staff to Assembly Speakers Bob Moretti and Willie L. Brown Jr. More recently, Bill served as Co-Chair of Governor Schwarzenegger’s California Performance Review Commission.
Bill serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the California State University system. He chaired the Board from 1998 to 2000. Originally appointed by Governor Wilson, he was reappointed in March 2000 to a second 8 year term by Governor Gray Davis. He currently serves as chairman of the Board’s Finance Committee.
In addition, Bill serves on the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of California.
Bill is a graduate of San Jose State University and participated in the CORO Foundation Internship in Public Affairs.
He is married to Padget Kaiser, has two children, Adam and Cari and resides in Sacramento.
