Department of Economics

Bill Wookey

  • Graduated: 1966
  • Field: Management/Entrepreneurship

Bill Wookey(opens in new window), who graduated with a BA in Economics in 1966, is a self-employed manufacturer’s representative in San Francisco, California.  Bill enrolled at UCLA in 1961 and transferred to Chico State in 1964.

Bill was vice-president of sales for Karen Alexander Dresses from 1980 to 1991.  He left Karen Alexander for Eileen West where he was vice-president of sales until 1996.  Bill joined Mendocino Knitwear as vice-president of sales from 1996 to 2005.  He has been a manufacturer’s representative for Ambition, Inc. since 2005.

Bill has “An understanding of global economies and how they relate to the challenges of the garment business as it exists today,” according to his LinkedIn page(opens in new window)  (Last Updated 2/17/19)

Portrait of Bill Wookey