Bill Cummings
Bill Cummings is an experienced nonprofit executive with a demonstrated history of founding, leading, and growing a nonprofit organization from the ground up.
Bill works alongside organizations and companies to help make their work more simple, visible, and compelling. He has served in leadership roles in urban community development work since 1994 and has his Master’s in Social and Civic Entrepreneurship from Bakke Graduate University.
He founded Lemonade International in 2008, serving as its Executive Director for nine years. More recently, he served as Director of Strategic Development for Zoe Empowers and Chief Relationship Officer for Restore NYC.
Bill believes strongly in deep relationships and standing in solidarity with those who are marginalized. He and his wife Cherie live in Raleigh, NC, and have been married since 1990. They have adult twin sons and a teenage daughter.
In what seems like another life, I used to be a pastor.
Even though I have a very different perspective on life and spirituality than I did in those days, from my early twenties until my mid-thirties I had the privilege of walking alongside people through some of the best and worst days of their lives.
On one particular Saturday in the summer of 1998, I officiated a wedding and a funeral on the same day.
In the late morning, I joined with the family members and friends of a young couple who gathered to witness their public profession of love and commitment to each other as they beamed with joy and dreamed about their new life together.