Join us online for a webinar featuring alumnus Bill Lane '75 Accounting, Sr. Director of Global Government & Corporate Affairs for Caterpillar, Inc. (Retired).

Bill had a successful and long-standing career in international trade and we look forward to hearing his career insights. Bill will share how the pandemic is affecting global trade and how alumni can leverage their Penn State Smeal experiences in an uncertain world.

Bill spent 40 years at Caterpillar and was responsible for the company's advocacy in support of competitiveness, trade liberalization, and economic growth. He was the past Executive Director of Trade for America, a coalition supporting the modernization of NAFTA and KORUS. He is also Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition, which supports U.S. funding for diplomacy and development. Bill has been center-stage during many of the most contentious trade debates of the past three decades. He was also a company spokesman during the Cat-UAW labor dispute. From 2004 through 2015, Bill was named one of Washington's top corporate lobbyists by The Hill newspaper. In 2016, Lane was awarded the Washington International Trade Association's Lighthouse Award. Bill is a Penn State Alumni Fellow and chairs the Penn State Global Advisory Council. He is also a Wall Street Journal contributor.