William R. Cross is a biographer and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He curated "Homer at the Beach, A Marine Painter’s Journey, 1869-1880," a nationally-renowned exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum (Gloucester, MA) revealing Winslow Homer’s formation of as a marine artist. Bill is a graduate of Yale College, magna cum laude, and received an MBA at Harvard Business School. He lives with his wife Ellen on Cape Ann, north of Boston.