Bill helman biography

With weeks left in his tenure on the Dartmouth Board of Trustees, chair Bill Helman ’80 sees the College’s increasing capacity for change as cause for hope, and for concern.

“Things are changing here and things are changing in the world faster than they ever have before.

Bill helman biography

My biggest worry is that the slope of our change is not steep enough,” Helman told a crowd of about 200 people at a town hall meeting Tuesday.

His experience as an investor and adviser to Silicon Valley tech companies has taught him how to manage disruptive change, Helman said, a skill he has brought to the board.

In the past, the trustees were “a bit of a black box,” he said, with few in the Dartmouth community understanding their work. More recently, under his tenure and under the leadership of President Phil Hanlon ’77, Provost Carolyn Dever, and past board chairs Steve Mandel ’78 and Charles “Ed” Haldeman ’70, Helman said that the board had worked hard to become more open and effective.

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