Bill Walton is the president of the venture capital firm Rappahannock Ventures. This year, he was called on to help lead the transition team for President-Elect Donald Trump. Walton's role will be to vette potential staffers who might serve in the economic arena of the Trump Administration.For 12 years Walton was chairman of Allied Capital Corporation an investment banking firm that traded on the New York Stock Exchange and managed companies worth more than $12 billion, employing more than 20,000 people. After negotiating the sale of Allied Capital, he opened his own firm, Rappahannock Ventures, which invests in companies that he believes is doing social good, including technology and entertainment companies. Walton is also on the board of a number of conservative groups, including the American Enterprise Institute and the Media Research Center.