Bill Novelli

William D. Novelli was born in Bridgeville, PA. He is an executive, public relations professional, author and educator. He is currently Distinguished Professor of the Practice, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University where he teaches in the MBA program and founded the Georgetown Business for Impact center. He also serves as the co-chair of the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), an organization he co-founded in 2009 to improve advanced illness and end of life care in the U.S. He earlier co-founded Porter-Novelli, today a global public relations firm. Prior to joining the faculty at Georgetown in 2009, Bill was the CEO of AARP . He has been influential in American politics, especially in issues related to health and health care.