Nicholas Institute Staff
Bill
Holman
Bill Holman is Director of State Policy at the Nicholas
Institute. He has extensive experience in legislative and administrative
policy making at the state level. He worked as Executive Director
of the NC Clean Water Management Trust Fund – a $100 million
per year clean water incentives program -- from 2001 – 2006.
He served as Governor Jim Hunt’s Secretary of the Department
of Environment & Natural Resources from 1999 – 2000 and
as an Assistant Secretary from 1998 – 1999. Holman lobbied
the NC General Assembly on behalf of the Conservation Council
of NC, NC Chapter of the Sierra Club, NC Chapter of the American
Planning Association, NC Public Transportation Association
and others from 1979 – 1997. Holman lives in Raleigh with
his wife Stephanie Bass. He graduated magna cum laude with
a BS in biology from NC State University in 1978. He completed
hiking the Appalachian Trail from Maine to Georgia in 1975.
