Wil Durbin serves as Director of Strategic Advisory at LNE Group, where he works at the intersection of business development, innovation, and public policy. He leads targeted communications and international funding strategies for Fortune 500 companies, supports FDA navigation for foreign biotech firms entering the U.S. market, and advises clients across sectors on development and policy strategies—spanning local governments through federal advocacy.
Before joining LNE Group, Wil held leadership roles in both government and industry. Most notably, he served as Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts—home to Harvard, MIT, and one of the nation’s foremost biotech hubs. In that role, he led citywide economic-development initiatives, negotiated public–private development agreements, helped establish a business improvement district, advanced permitting-reform efforts, and managed partnerships with universities, hospitals, neighborhood groups, and global companies.
A native of rural Ohio, Wil spent summers working in his grandfather’s carpentry and upholstery business in Spencer, West Virginia. He is a graduate of Xavier University and Boston College and now lives outside Cleveland with his wife and their three young children.
