About Bill Strickland
William E. Strickland is an American community leader, author, and the former President and CEO of the non-profit Manchester Bidwell Corporation based in Pittsburgh. The company's subsidiaries, the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and Bidwell Training Center, work with disadvantaged and at-risk youth through involvement with the arts and provides job training for adults, respectively. Strickland is a winner of the MacArthur "Genius" Award (1996), Skoll Award (2007), and Goi Peace Award (2011).
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