When you introduce a speaker as well known as Pat Williams, one of America's best known sports executives, you feel like a bellboy at a honeymoon resort. No matter how well you do your job, people can't wait for you to leave. I can't begin to list all of Pat's accomplishments, but for you purists who want the full story, check out his nine column-inches in Who's Who. Yes, this man has done so much that it's hard to exaggerate his achievements, but I'll do my best!

Pat Williams was raised in Wilmington, Delaware, earned his bachelors degree at Wake Forest University, and his master's degree at Indiana University. He has a doctorate in Humane Letters from Flagler University and is currently working on a doctorate in sports administration from Walden University. He is a member of the Wake Forest Sports Hall of Fame after catching for the Deacons baseball team, including the 1962 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship team.