Term:  2011-2020

William C. Portman, III (Wym) is Director, Renewable Energy for Pon North America, a Dutch family company.  He is former President of Pon North America, a $400M business, and, for over 20 years, CEO of Portman Equipment Company.

Wym is a 1977 graduate of Kenyon College and received his MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (1981).  He is a Board member of Lebanon House, Inc., and a former Board member of Xtek, Inc., the James N. Gray Company, Advanced Handling Systems, Scallan Supply Company, and Portman Equipment Company.

Wym has been associated with the University of Cincinnati as a member of the Advisory Boards of the Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Surgery.

Wym's community involvement includes serving as a Board of Trustees member of the University of Cincinnati, the Ohio River Way, Inc., and the Montana Nature Conservancy, and as President of the Commonwealth Club, and Vice President of the Portfolio Club.  He is a former Board Chair of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF), Vice Chair of Cincinnati Museum Center, President of Joy Outdoor Education Center, Vice Chair of The Seven Hills School, Vice President of the Board of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati, Keep Cincinnati Beautiful, Inc., board member of the Children’s Home, and Chairman of the Chamber’s Introducing Greater Cincinnati Program.

 Wym lives with his wife, Jan, in Cincinnati.  They have three children.