William Saintamour

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About William Saintamour

William SaintAmour serves as Executive Director of Cobalt Community Research Cobalt is a national 501c3 nonprofit that offers local governments, schools and membership organizations high-quality annual metrics, surveys, geofencing services, dynamic population segmentation, focus groups and work groups. Cobalt combines big data with local insights to help our clients with community engagement. Examples of Cobalt's programs include Budget360 to help include residents in budget and new revenue development, Community360 to provide key statistics to support planning and leadership, and Visitor360 to provide insights on people visiting downtown districts and other special locations. Learn more at William has served as Research Director at the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System of Michigan (MERS), the State of Michigan Department of Management and Budget, the Michigan Office of Retirement Services, and ADP. He has worked in the Research and Communications fields over 30 years. Mr. SaintAmour earned a Master Citizen Planner certificate from Michigan State University, an executive certificate in leadership from the University of Michigan Ross Business School, a master’s degree from Michigan State University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in Dearborn. He has Certificates of Achievement in Public Plan Policy in employee health and employee pensions, and he holds the professional research certificate from the Market Research Association. Mr. SaintAmour lives with his wife and two daughters. He is a member of the Charlotte Main Street Board of Directors, the Economic Vitality Committee for the City of Charlotte, the National Main Street Program, the Michigan Planning Association, and Rotary International.