William A Burke

William A. Burke has extensive leadership experience in cable television and internet businesses. Most recently, he wrote cable visionary Ted Turner's biography. Mr. Burke served as president and CEO of The Weather Channel Companies, where he oversaw all operations of The Weather Channel® network; weather.com; Weather Services International (WSI); and various digital cable, radio, newspaper and interactive television products. Prior to TWCC, Mr. Burke served as president and CEO of RSN, a broadcast TV and Internet company targeting the active outdoor sports market. He also held several key senior management positions at Time Warner and Turner Broadcasting, where he developed the business plan for Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and subsequently led the launch of this highly successful network as its first general manager. After the launch of TCM, Mr. Burke was named president of TBS Superstation and in 1999 was named CEO of News and Information for Time Warner Digital media. Mr. Burke is a graduate of Amherst College and received his MBA from the Harvard Business School. He is a Trustee at Maine Medical Center, a director of Simulmedia, Inc. and serves on the advisory board at People's United Bank of Southern Maine. He was also formerly on the boards of The Clean Air Campaign, the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, and the Emma L. Bowen Foundation for Minorities in Media and was also a national trustee for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.