William C. Potter is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Michigan Law School. He practiced law in Florida from 1965 until 2002, serving as president of the firm of Potter, McClelland, Marks, and Healy and, later, as a partner in the firm of Holland & Knight. Potter is a retired officer of the Florida Air National Guard, where he served as Judge Advocate General for Florida.In 2002, he moved to Europe to Head the Rule of Law Department of the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina. OHR was responsible for administering the Dayton Peace Agreement, which ended the brutal war in the Balkans during the early 1990s. He served as a director of what is now the Melbourne Regional Chamber for more than 25 years, serving as chair in 1974 and 1984. He also served on the boards of several banks and businesses, including a publicly traded defense contractor and an insurance company. He served as legal counsel for the Melbourne Airport Authority for over 25 years and has been a member for 18 years. He is currently the authority's chair. He served as a Trustee of the Florida Institute of Technology from 1980 to 2022, including serving as Chair from 1990 to 1997. He currently serves as Trustee Emeritus. He was inducted into the Florida Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Space Coast Business Hall of Fame in 2016. He and his wife, Wendy, are the parents of 3 children and grandparents of 3 grandchildren. They divide their time between Indialantic, Florida, and Red Lodge, Montana.
