Bill Comer
Board Member
Bill is a CPA, and has over 35 years of executive leadership experience in accounting, finance, internal audit, compliance, governance, risk management, and operations in publicly and privately held companies, for profit and 501(c)(3), domestic and international. Most recently, he served twelve years as EVP, CFO & Treasurer of American Specialty Health, Inc., a privately held national specialty health benefits, wellness and fitness Company based In San Diego that has approximately $700 million in annual revenues, 1,500 employees, and offices in San Diego, Dallas, Indianapolis and Columbia. During his tenure with very little debt and no outside capital infusions, Bill managed the Company’s $568 million organic growth in revenue, addition of 2 major product lines, addition of new operations facilities in Dallas, Indianapolis and Columbia, and development of a robust, stable financial function. The Company was named to Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest growing private companies for ten years. He initiated and led the Company’s first-ever collaboration with a major university (the University of South Carolina) benefiting operations and R&D, and resulting in the establishment of an IT Tech Center in Columbia. Bill retired from the Company in June 2020 and moved back to his home state of South Carolina to be near family and friends. He is a native of Union, S.C., and now resides in Lexington, S.C.
