Bill Darcy
CEO of the National Kitchen & Bath Association NKBA
Bill Darcy is the CEO of the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), a forward-thinking trade organization serving the nearly $160 billion kitchen and bath industry. It owns the annual Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS), and serves nearly 50,000 members in all segments of K&B design and remodeling. Bill has pioneered several industry and cross-industry initiatives. In 2014, to benefit tens of thousands of professionals across all sectors of home building, design and remodeling, he orchestrated a collaboration between the NKBA and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), creating Design & Construction Week and the co-location of KBIS and NAHB’s International Builders Show. It is now one of the world’s largest, most comprehensive trade events serving the residential building sector. To stem the industry-wide shortage in craftsmen and skilled labor, Bill created the NKBA’s #NextUp initiative, which seeks to support education and build interest in the trades, and he also sits on the Operating Committee of the Skilled Labor Fund. Bill established the NKBA’s Thirty Under 30 program recognizing accomplished young professionals and the industry’s future leadership in 2013. He has appeared as a guest on Fox Business, CNBC, Yahoo! Finance, Cheddar, NPR and other national media outlets, representing the housing and remodeling industry sharing critical economic data, insights and forecasts. Prior to NKBA, Bill spent seven years with NASCAR, managing a staff that oversaw more than 50 multi-venue sponsors with contracts totaling more than $200 million. Bill holds a B.A. in management from Moravian College, and is a proud husband and father of three boys.