Bill Blanchard is an established, highly respected businessman based in Tampa. He has decades of experience in the electricity, telecommunications, water resources, and ecosystem management sectors, as well as in the development and operation of not-for-profit cultural institutions. He brings extensive knowledge to Biotech in the improvement of lands and operates a highly successful wetlands mitigation bank at his property in Dade City. Mr. Blanchard has served on the Board of Directors of The Turks and Caicos Utilities, Turks and Caicos Television, West Indies Vision Cable, Grenada Electricity Services Limited, and WRB Enterprises, among others. He is Chairman of WRB Resources and a member of the Building Committee of the Tampa Museum of Art, helping to oversee construction of a $100 million museum expansion. He is a former Chairman of the Board for Zoo Tampa and former Vice-Chair of the Ybor City Development Corporation.