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==Professional career==
Riggs has worked as professor at numerous academic institutions, a venture partner at the social impact venture capital firm, Just Business<ref>{{cite web |title=Just Business |url=https://justbusiness.is/about-us/ |website= |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727025237/https://justbusiness.is/about-us/ |archive-date=27 July 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and an urban designer / environmental / land use / transportation planner for the [[UC Berkeley]], the international consulting firm [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]], and the [[US Coast Guard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Selected Works of William Riggs|url=http://works.bepress.com/williamriggs/|website=CalPoly}}</ref> At Just Business he successfully invested-in and advised green tech companies including American Battery Technology Company<ref>{{cite web |title=American Battery Metals Company Announces $1.25 Million Equity Investment from Just Business |url=https://investingnews.com/news/cobalt-investing/american-battery-metals-company-announces-1.25-million-equity-investment-from-just-business/ |website=Investing News Network |access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref> and Hydra Energy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Just Business Makes Equity Investment in Hydra Energy |url=https://www.accesswire.com/615921/Just-Business-Makes-Equity-Investment-in-Hydra-Energy |website=
Riggs was a professor of [[City Planning]] at [[California Polytechnic State University]], [[San Luis Obispo, California]], from 2013 to 2017. He was awarded campus research grants in 2013 and 2014, and was selected as a Service Learning Faculty Fellow in 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Cal Poly Report|url=http://calpolynews.calpoly.edu/cpreport/14-reports/april-30.html|agency=Cal Poly|issue=April 30, 2014|year=2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308185201/http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/cpreport/14-reports/april-30.html|archivedate=March 8, 2015}}</ref> He served as a Commissioner for the City of San Luis Obispo's Planning Commission.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slocity.org/home/showdocument?id=5035|title=Local Appointments List|website=City of San Luis Obispo|accessdate=May 15, 2015}}</ref> He served on Transportation Research Board's Standing Committee on Transportation Law and Standing Committee on Transportation Economics<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mytrb.org/OnlineDirectory/Person?searchType=1&searchText=william+riggs&sort=&sortAscending=True&page=1|title=Online Directory|website=www.mytrb.org|access-date=2018-07-03}}</ref> and on the City of Palo Alto's Planning & Transportation Commission,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/ptc/planning_and_transportation_commission_biographies.asp |title=City of Palo Alto, CA - Planning and Transportation Commission Biographies |website=www.cityofpaloalto.org |language=en |access-date=2018-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113225931/https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/ptc/planning_and_transportation_commission_biographies.asp |archive-date=13 November 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> including a term as chair, before resigning in 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sheyner |first1=Gennady |title=Resignation creates another opening on Palo Alto's planning commission |url=https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2021/01/16/resignation-creates-another-opening-on-palo-altos-planning-commission |access-date=3 February 2022 |publisher=Palo Alto Weekly |date=Jan 19, 2021}}</ref>
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