William F. "Bill" Thomas is a nationally recognized advocate for victims of violent crime and leads the 8 families group seeking answers in the unsolved “Colonial Parkway Murders” in Virginia. With his podcasting partner Kristin Dilley, he is cohost and producer of the popular “Mind Over Murder” true crime podcast. He was also a consulting producer on the “Lover’s Lane Murders" true crime series for the Oxygen Network.

Based in Norfolk, CT, Bill has been an artist representative for 30 years, is past chair of film and television organization FilmLA, Director of Public Affairs & Chief of Staff for music licensing organization ASCAP in New York, and has held senior executive roles for artist unions SAG-AFTRA, the American Federation of Musicians and Art Directors Guild in Los Angeles. Bill is one the executives credited with adding 20 years to the U.S. copyright term, adding billions in income for songwriters, composers and music publishers, and spearheading merger of Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Radio and Television Artists to form union SAG-AFTRA.

Bill has appeared on numerous TV, radio and podcast interviews, been featured speaker at CrimeCon, the CUE Center for Missing Persons, the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute, South By South West (SXSW), College Media Journal (CMJ), and colleges and universities on advocacy, copyright, and technology. Bill was Adjunct Professor at Belmont University’s Mike Curb College of Entertainment and the Music Business, and is recipient of the “Educational Leadership Award” from the Music and Entertainment Industry Educator’s Association.

He graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a B.A. in Communications, is a graduate of the IATSE Officer Institute, and did additional work in the MBA program at the Babson College FW Olin Graduate School of Business.