Dr. Albrecht earned his B.S. degree in Business Administration from Ferrum College, M.B.A. degree from Western Carolina University, and his Ph.D. degree in Public Policy Analysis, with a concentration in Public Finance, from the Nelson Mandela School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Southern University. He teaches in the areas of public policy, public budgeting and financial management, managerial economics, and municipal government administration. William's research has often focused on the investment practices of state and local government pension funds as well as public sector financial management. Currently he and his wife (Dawn) live with their cat (Shale) in Lumberton, N.C. Curriculum Vitae