William R. Rish is the leader of Hull & Associates, Inc.'s Risk Practice, including human, ecological and financial risk assessment, and a Principal in Hemisphere Advisors. For over 20 years he has prepared risk assessments and risk-based remediation strategies for hundreds of chemical or radiation contaminated sites. He applies this experience to brownfield redevelopment projects by analyzing and managing liabilities through risk-based remediation and development strategies.

Dr. Rish was Co-Coordinator of the Ohio EPA subcommittee that developed the state brownfield cleanup standards and risk assessment procedures. He is a Certified Professional under Ohio's Voluntary Action Program. Dr. Rish has been the Certified Professional and risk assessment leader for several notable brownfields projects. For example, he obtained Ohio's first-ever Urban Setting Designation for groundwater and used a risk-based strategy to facilitate the development of a new faith-based community center (Catholic Charities Fatima Family Center), a project that won the 2000 Phoenix Award for best brownfields project in Region 5. He also prepared the citywide Urban Setting Designation for Cleveland, including 11,500 acres of potential brownfields redevelopment areas. His financial risk analysis was the basis for a guaranteed fixed-price bid for the remediation that facilitated the Collinwood Railyard Project (Cleveland, Ohio), which was a finalist in the 1999 Phoenix Award competition and was designated by the Urban Land Institute as a national showcase brownfield. Institutional controls and engineered features of the development were used in combination with risk assessment to keep remediation costs minimized. Dr. Rish currently heads a committee, with the Ohio EPA and Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, to develop community flower/vegetable gardens and greenhouses on inner-city brownfield sites. Dr. Rish is also working with a university on a pilot test to grow wine grapes on portions of a brownfield site where lime lakes formerly existed.

Dr. Rish has a doctorate degree in engineering and public policy from Carnegie-Mellon University.