The Team

William (Bill) R. Eckert, III has served as the Executive Director at Bay Area Homeless Services since July 2011. Bill earned his BA and MA degrees at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, LL.B. with Honours at the University of London School of Law, and LL.M. in Intellectual Property from Western Michigan-Cooley School of Law. Bill is passionate about assisting low-income homeless individuals and families by blending best practices from the fields of business management and social services. He has a background in Human Resources and was Director of Legal Clinics for Houston Volunteer Legal Program (now HVL) before being selected to serve with BAHS.