Previously, Will served as chief of staff to Rep. Dave Obey of Wisconsin, and acted as his chief policy adviser. He also spent four years as director of financial services for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; a post that kept him engaged in House political campaigns across the country. Prior to that, Will worked as a senior consultant at Campbell, Falk & Selby, a public policy and political consulting firm. He also was a regional political director of the American Medical Association, and oversaw the polling program for AMA’s nonpartisan political action committee. He started his career on the Hill in the office of Rep. Wyche Fowler of Georgia, working as a staff assistant on constituent issues. Will has been active in national Democratic politics, and has served on the backstage and podium staff for numerous Democratic national conventions, and has as been involved in every convention since 1984.
Currently, he serves on the boards of the Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service at the University of Wisconsin and the National Association to Protect Children, and is proud to be a minority owner of the Green Bay Packers.
Will has served as an adjunct professor at the George Washington University, and has lectured at American University, Georgetown University, Michigan State University, the University of Maryland and other higher education institutions. He earned a bachelor’s degree at American University in Washington, majoring in communications, law, economics and government.
Will is active in his community — including scouting, sports and other activities — and currently resides in the District of Columbia with his wife Anne; he has two children in college.