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Profile: Bill Yeargin of Correct Craft
Bill Yeargin, a reluctant CEO, navigated boat maker Correct Craft through three crises. He s working to avoid a fourth.
Clad all in black, tall, Bill Yeargin nonetheless strikes a self-effacing figure as he quietly returns greetings of “Hi, Bill” from the workers on the Correct Craft boat factory floor. His shirt has the company name and a slogan introduced under his management: “Making Life Better” better for customers, but also workers and, he says, anyone else the company touches.
Right now, the better life is in high demand. “We have dealers and customers screaming, wanting boats,” he says. He aims to please, but meeting demand isn’t what worries him. What concerns him is a future in which the factory east of Orlando could fall silent.
The Walter T. Cox Award was awarded to
Kerri Cahill, Ph.D., Branch Chief of the National Park Service’s Denver Service Center Planning Division, for sustained achievement in public service providing leadership in administration of public lands and for policy formation affecting our natural and cultural resources.
The Award is so named in appreciation of Dr. Cox s distinguished career in education and public service, especially his tenure as President of Clemson University and as the Director of the Santee-Cooper Authority.
The Award recognizes sustained achievement in public service on the firing line, where the public interest meets the private interest in public policy formulation and administration; distinguished leadership and support of innovation in conflict resolution of policy initiatives that enhance the quality of life; personal achievements during a career or in a specific episode that provides inspiration and leadership to others in serving the above purposes.