Bill McCartney graduated as the 1991 Valedictorian of BHS.  He served as the co-editor of the school newspaper and yearbook and was a member of the varsity basketball team.  He attended WVU, where he held leadership positions in the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity and chaired the WVU Student Foundation.  He graduated in 1995 with a degree in chemical engineering.

He began his career as a system planning engineer with Dominion Transmission and later began trading natural gas at CNG Energy Services.  He moved to Houston in 1998 and has worked for some of the leading significant natural gas assets, including PG&E, Texaco and El Paso, managing significant natural gas asset portfolios.  He is currently a partner and energy trader with Vitol Capital Management.

Bill was elected in August 2010 to serve on the WVU Foundation Board of Directors.  He is also on the Board of Directors of the Houston Symphony, and he and his wife, Christine, served as co-presidents of the WVU Alumni Lone Star Chapter of Houston, focusing the group on volunteering and capital contribution during their tenure.

Bill and his family reside in Houston, Texas.