Biography of Bill Beardsley
Bill Beardsley was born on Independence Day, 1942, in Hanover, New Hampshire. Bill resides in Ellsworth in the house his mother was born in with Betsy, his wife of forty years. They have three children: Michael, James and Laura.
After twenty-two years as president of Husson University, Bill Beardsley has entered the race for governor of Maine. Bill successfully oversaw the transformation of a struggling business and nursing college into a vibrant and dynamic university with three times the enrollment, more than fifty degree offerings and a pharmacy school.
"I've been surrounded for more than twenty years by young Maine people who are working hard to prepare themselves for successful professional and self-employment careers. I would now like to help ensure that those young people can make those careers successful in Maine." - Bill Beardsley
1987 – 2009 President and CEO, Husson University, Bangor, Maine
Associations:
New England School of Communications: CEO and past Chair and President
Maine Development Foundation: Member and immediate past Chair
Finance Authority of Maine: Member and past Chair
Maine Higher Education Council: member and past Chair
Member, Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task Force on Maine Health Care Costs
1986 – 1987 Interim Executive Vice-President, Husson University
1985 – 1986 Real Estate Investments and Branch Manager, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust
1982 – 1985 State of Alaska, Department of Commerce and Economic Development,
Administration of Governor Jay Hammond
Director, Division of Energy and Power Development, Administration of Governor William Sheffield
Director, Division of Finance and Economics
Director, Office of Forest Products
1981 – 1982 Executive Director, Center for Entrepreneurship Development, and Associate Professor of Natural Resources Management, Alaska Pacific University
1976 – 1981 Vice President and Assistant to the President, Bangor Hydro Electric Co.
1973 – 1976 Assistant to the President, Green Mountain Power Company
1970 – 1973 Aide to Governor Deane Davis of Vermont and State Planner
1969 – 1970 Assistant to Dean of Agriculture and Assistant Professor, University of Vermont
Education: B.A., Earlham College (Economics), PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Political: Republican Party
Church: First Congregational Church of Ellsworth
