Bill Hawkins
Secretary
 
Bill was a practicing lawyer at Frost & Jacobs (Cincinnati, Ohio) from 1978 to 2000 and was Chair of the Executive Committee.  He left Frost & Jacobs in September, 2000 to become Sr. Vice President & General Counsel at Convergys Corporation, a S&P 500, New York Stock Exchange company.  He retired from Convergys in June, 2007.  Thereafter Bill joined the law firm of Baker & Hostetler in their Cincinnati office, where he continues to practice law and serve clients.
           
Prior to 1978 Bill was a high school history teacher and coached basketball with Dick Sander.  In addition to his role at Playground Marketing, he also serves as an adjunct professor in the MBA program at Northern Kentucky University, and serves as a mediator and arbitrator in complex business disputes.
           
Bill was a member of the Varsity Golf Team at the University of Cincinnati, where he received his undergraduate and Masters of Education degrees. He received his law degree from Salmon P. Chase College of Law.