Bill Dardis teaches ancient history and literature at the Heights School in Potomac, Maryland. After graduating from Notre Dame and receiving a commission in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Dardis worked as an IT consultant with Ernst & Young in New York. From 1996 to 2011, he founded several character development initiatives in St. Louis and Chicago. He has led service projects and summer camps in the U.S. and Mexico, including several in his home town of New Orleans. In 2018 he founded the DC Accelerator, a professional orientation program for recent college graduates.