Entrepreneur Joins Boys Republic's All-Volunteer Board of Directors
Released on March 30, 2010

Entrepreneur William H. Tilley has joined Boys Republic’s all-volunteer Board of Directors. The Board elects its members from the ranks of Southern California’s leaders in business, professional and civic life. Mr. Tilley represents all three.

Bill Tilley is chairman and CEO of the Jacmar Companies, a string of food distribution companies based in Alhambra, California. Today Tilley’s Jacmar Companies employs more than 5,000 people and owns a string of restaurants, among other interests, including wholesale foodservices distributions, equity investments and real estate management.
Tilley and Jacmar Cos. Recently acquired the 50 year-old Shakey’s pizza parlor chain in which employees, managers, franchisees and executives share ownership of the company.

William Tilley

Tilley studied accounting at the University of Southern California and went on to earn master’s degrees in accounting and business administration. He has shared his knowledge with business students as a lecturer at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and Harvard University’s Business School. He has also continued to teach classes at USC and UCLA for the past 40 years.

Mr. Tilley and his wife, Nadine, have two grown children. The Tilley Family Foundation provides grants to deserving students who wish to study entrepreneurship.