Commissioner William C. Brock of St. Marys, Elk County, represents the Third District of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, encompassing Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Jefferson, McKean and Potter counties and was appointed in July 2017.
Commissioner Brock was born and raised in St. Marys and earned a B.A. degree in Liberal Arts/Economics from St. Vincent College in 1987 and an M.P.A. degree in Public Management and Policy from the University of Pittsburgh in 1992. His experience includes working as a Project Manager and Analyst for the McDowell Group, a Juneau, Alaska based economic research and consulting firm and as the Executive Director of the Central Pennsylvania Workforce Development Corporation, a nonprofit corporation in Lewisburg that provides strategic workforce and economic development initiatives throughout a ninecounty region.
Commissioner Brock spent most of his professional career with Straub Brewery in St. Marys, the third oldest family-owned brewery in the United States founded by his Great Great-Grandfather in 1872. Commissioner Brock served as COO in 2008, was named President and CEO in 2009 and retired in July 2025.
Commissioner Brock has participated as board member or advisor for many local, state, regional and national initiatives with government agencies, trade associations and economic development organizations, including Chair of the Pennsylvania Malt and Brewed Beverage Industry Promotion Board and the Industrial Resource Center Foundation Board.
Commissioner Brock lives with his wife Kate in St. Marys, and they have two adult children, Hannah and William.
