Bill Wichterman
SENIOR ADVISOR | COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
Bill Wichterman is Senior Advisor at Covington & Burling LLP in Washington, DC. Bill was Special Assistant to President George W. Bush in the White House, Policy Advisor to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, and Chief of Staff to Congressman Joe Pitts and Congressman Bill Baker. He has been a senior advisor on several presidential campaigns and remains active in national politics. Prior to entering politics, he was a missionary to Turkish guestworkers in West Berlin. He is fluent in German and conversant in Turkish.
Bill is the author of the book, Dying to Live: Finding Joy In Giving Yourself to God (Oakton Foundation Press, 2014), and he authored an influential essay entitled, “The Culture: Upstream from Politics,” which appeared in the 2001 Eerdmans book, Building a Healthy Culture: Strategies for an American Renaissance (ed. Don Eberly). He co-authored an essay entitled, “Making Goodness Fashionable” in the Stroud & Hall book Creating the Better Hour: Lessons from William Wilberforce (Ed. Chuck Stetson, 2007). He has also written op-eds for National Review, Townhall.com and Redstate.com.
Bill is co-founder of Wedgwood Circle, an angel investment network driving investment into arts and entertainment that seeks to renew culture. He is President of Faith & Law, a ministry to congressional staff seeking to integrate their faith with their calling to the public square, and he is Chairman of the Board of the political arm of the March for Life. He is a member of The Gathering and Generous Giving, and he is an active angel investor and impact investor in the developing world. He and his wife founded an international visual arts competition through their family foundation (Oakton Foundation). Bill holds an M.A. in Political Theory from the Catholic University of America, and a B.A. from Houghton College.
Bill is married to Dana Wichterman. He is a member of Christ Church Vienna (Anglican), and is a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. And he is an avid sailor.