Woodmen of the World Board of Directors
William C. Owen
Chairman of the Board
Tallahassee, Fla.
William "Bill" C. Owen, Tallahassee, Fla., was elected to the Board of Directors of Woodmen of the World/Omaha Woodmen Life Insurance Society as National Sentry in October 1987, and was elected National Trustee in April 1988. Owen was named a Director at the 2001 National Convention, which was held in Charlotte, N.C., and named Chairman of the Board in March 2008.
Owen graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Business Administration and from the University of Nebraska School of Law. He commenced his law career by clerking for Richard W. Ervin, the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court and a former Woodmen of the World Chairman of Trustees. Owen has been actively engaged in the private practice of law in Tallahassee since 1970.
He is a Past President of Leon County, Fla., Lodge 2; Past President of the Woodmen of the World Florida Jurisdiction; and a former member of Woodmen of the World's National Legislative Committee. Owen is currently serving as Chairman of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. He was active in organizing the North Florida Woodmen Youth Camp. He is also active in the Civic-Exchange Club and the Faith Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee.
Owen is the son of the late George E. Owen, who served Woodmen of the World first as General Counsel and then as Executive Vice President from 1960-1978.
Owen is married to the former Carolyn Gurley. He has two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert and Amy Phillips, and Cone and Rebecca Owen; two stepchildren, Jason Gurley and Amanda Gurley; and four grandchildren. |
