Biographical Sketch
William Rypcinski
William Rypcinski is the Finance Manager for the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC). He oversees completion of all financial duties of the SCLC, including financial analysis, accounting, and set-up of contracts, grants, outgoing subcontracts, and interagency agreements totaling over $15 million.
Prior to joining the SCLC in May 2006, William served as the Finance Manager for the UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families, and Communities. At UCLA, he has gained experience working in pre and post-award administration of research awards from various federal, state, and private funding agencies, including National Science Foundation, National Institute for Health, First 5 Association of California, The Commonwealth Fund, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Prior to his position as a Finance Manager, he worked in the UCLA Graduate School of Education & Information Studies and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. In addition to working full-time as finance professional at UCLA, he participated and completed the UCLA Staff Enrichment Program. This is a skill-building program that offers participants career training and the opportunity to work on special team projects with employees from various departments on campus. Acceptance into this program is extremely competitive, as only 20 employees from the University may participate each year.
Prior to William’s experience at UCLA, he worked as an Interactive Media Planner for Grey Direct West and Beyond Interactive, both subsidiaries of Grey Advertising. His responsibilities included online ad planning & analysis, media buying, marketing optimization, and ad tracking & reporting for advertising campaigns. William has worked on ad campaigns for clients such as the Automobile Club of Southern California, Los Angeles Times, City National Bank, Bizbuyer.com and Answers.com.
William holds a bachelor of science degree in marketing from Indiana University of Pennyslvania and is currently working towards an MBA at San Francisco State University. William also works as an umpire for the Amateur Softball Association (ASA) of America. William's interests include snowboarding, international travel, collecting Puma athletic jackets, and studying wine. He has completed both the intermediate and advanced wine certificate courses offered by the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, which is based in London.