Bill Imada is founder, chairman and chief connectivity officer of IW Group, a minority-owned and operated advertising, marketing and communications agency focusing on the growing multicultural markets. For more than 20 years, Bill has worked with some of the top companies in the U.S., including American Airlines, City of Hope, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Lexus, McDonald’s, MGM Resorts International, and many others. His areas of expertise include advertising, branding, multicultural communications, marketing, crises management, and public relations.

Bill is active in civic and community affairs, and serves on more than a dozen major boards and advisory councils, including PBS. Bill was appointed to serve on the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders under President Obama, and his term was extended by President Trump. In 2016, Bill co-founded the National Millennial Community, a group of millennial leaders from 35 states and the District of Columbia, who foster civil dialogue on the most critical issues impacting our country.