William T. Earle

Mr. Earle retired from a 33 year career with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in July 2004. He left ATF after serving seven years as Assistant Director and Chief Financial Officer. As CFO he managed the funding, design and construction of ATF’s new cutting edge headquarters building in Washington, DC. In July 2008 the ATF Director and Attorney General Michael Mukasey presented Mr. Earle with ATF’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Prior to joining NABI Mr. Earle served as the Chairman of the Code Compliance Review Board, a third party review process established by the Beer Institute.
While at NABI Mr. Earle has facilitated between the government of Italy and the US Alcohol Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau to lift the import constraints on Burnello imposed by TTB. He also launched NABI’s redesigned website www.bevimporters.org to provide better online tools for the trade and association members. Mr. Earle was responsible for national beverage alcohol regulatory and tax policy for a significant portion of his time as an executive at ATF. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and attended Brooklyn Law school. He earned his MBA at Southern Illinois University with a specialty in finance. NABI selected him as president in January 2007