William Myers founded Alternatives Federal Credit Union (Ithaca, NY) and was its CEO for 28 years.  From its inception, Alternatives successfully focused on serving emerging markets through innovative products and partnerships.  Its ground-breaking offerings included a VITA tax preparation site, five youth credit union branches, small business training and lending, volunteer staffed financial planning, and Individual Development Accounts.

Bill continues his work researching, consulting, and speaking on innovative product design and partnerships.  His most recent projects include payday lending models, the Steer Clear auto lending study, pre-paid cards for emerging markets, a scale and sustainability study, and a pilot using back office consolidation as a merger alternative.  

A Senior Fellow in the Aspen Institute's Economic Opportunities Program, Bill is also a Field Coach for Real Solutions, a program of the National Credit Union Foundation.  He is a Consultant in the CU Breakthrough Program of the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (NFCDCU) and the List Moderator for the Community Development Banking list.

Bill is a graduate of Cornell University and has served on the Boards of the NFCDCU, the Opportunity Finance Network, Checkspring Bank and the State of New York Mortgage Authority.