William Neil is the former Director of Conservation for NJ Audubon Society. He served on Governor Martin O’Malley’s Transition Team for Planning and Smart Growth and was a candidate for the Democratic Seat on the Montgomery County Planning Board. He serves on the Steering Committee of Democracy For Montgomery County and ran a GOTV operation election week in 2006. His most recent essay, “A Citizen’s Guide to the Missing Green Rail Vision for the MD/Metro DC Region” (Jan. 2008) calls for a National Infrastructure Bank as one major response to “Where Three Crises Meet,” the concluding section of the 68 page work. The three crises are: Infrastructure, Global Warming, Mortgage/Financial Markets Calamity. His essay "Fiscally Responsible or Ingredients for an Economic Katrina" (Feb. 2007) predicted the financial markets freezing due to the new financial architecture and the degree of leverage in the system. His editorial on the new draft Financial Regulations proposed by the US Treasury on March 31st, 2008 is called "Leveraging Laughs (and Tears) at Treasury." (April 5, 2008).