About
Mr. William R. Newlin, also known as Bill, serves as the Managing General Partner at Colker and Newlin Management Associates since 1985. He serves as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Meritor, Inc. since December 31, 2021, Mr. Newlin serves as the Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President at Galyan’s Trading Company, LLC. He served as General Partner of CEO Venture Fund III, L.P. He Co-Founded the CEO Venture Funds in 1980 and remained Principally active until about 2003. From 1994 to 1996, he was the Chief Advisor at Mayor Tom Murphy. He is Director and Investor at SpIntellx, Inc. He served as the Chief Administrative Officer and Executive Vice President at Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc from October 2003 to March 2007. Mr. Newlin served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Buchanan Ingersoll Professional Corporation since 1980 until October 2003. Mr. Newlin is a Founding Director and a Director of the Pittsburgh High Technology Council since 1983. He is a Founding Director of the Pennsylvania Technology Council. He is also a Founding Director of the Pittsburgh Biomedical Development Corporation and the Atlantic Capital Conference of the American Electronics Association. Mr. Newlin served as independent Non-Executive Chairman of Meritor, Inc. (Formerly known as ArvinMeritor, Inc.) since April 2016 until March 2021. He serves as the Chairman at Newlin Investment Company, LLC since April 2007 which he founded in 2007 and has been its Director since April 2007. He is lead Investor and leader of early stage university spinout technology companies since April 2007. He serves as the Chairman of Carmell Therapeutics Corporation. Mr. Newlin serves as the Chairman of the Board of J&L America, Inc. He was Chairman of Carmell Therapeutics. He served as the Chairman of the Kennametal Inc., from 1996 to 2002. He has been a Director of Kennametal Hertel AG since 1982 and has been the Lead Director since October 2012. He was a Director of Plextronics, Inc. since 2005. He has been an Independent Director of Meritor, Inc. since July 16, 2003 and had been its Lead Independent Director since March 2021. He served as Lead Independent Director at Meritor, Inc. from January 2015 to April 2016. He is a Director of several private companies primarily specializing in technology or life science solutions, including Liquid X Printed Metals, Sharp Edge Labs, Xibus Systems and SpIntellx, Inc. He has been Director of Plano Molding Company since 2007, National City Bank of Pennsylvania, Amazon Machine Translation R&D Group (formerly known as Safaba Translation Solutions, LLC), Parker/Hunter Incorporated and On-Line Systems, Inc. He has been a Director of J&L America, Inc. since 1997. He serves as Director at Carmell Therapeutics Corporation and Idea Foundry. He served as an Independent Director of Calgon Carbon Corporation since November 2005 until March 9, 2018. He served as Director of CEO Venture Fund. He served as Director of Black Box Corporation since December 18, 1995. He served as Director of ACE*COMM Corporation. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Kennametal Inc and has been its Lead Director since October 2012. He served as Lead Director of Kennametal Inc. from July 2002 to January 2008. Mr. Newlin served as a Director of Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse since 2010. Mr. Newlin was a Member of the Manufacturing Studies Board of the National Research Council of the National Academies of Engineering and Sciences and of the Institute of Medicine. He served on many Boards and provided the same kind of advice that the Fund provide. He is an Executive and as well as an Entrepreneur. Mr. Newlin received an Honorary Doctorate of Business Administration from Robert Morris College in 1997. He received a Law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1965 where he received the alumni award and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University in 1962.
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meritor, Inc | Board | Member | 01/01/2004 |