Bob has more than 10 years of experience as a higher education senior leader including his roles at SLCC, William James College, and as an Independent Education Consultant. A driving interest of his has been to reverse the unacceptably low post-educational-attainment rates endemic to rural communities across the country. The other has been to do so in a systemic way that is responsive to and in collaboration with employers in need of middle- and high-skilled talent. Bob's proudest accomplishments towards these ends have been leading the design and implementation of regional education-to-career pathways, the management of corresponding partnership networks, and securing the requisite funding from individual and institutional funders to advance this work.

Bob holds a BA from Franklin & Marshall College, a Master's degree from Utah State University, and an EdD from Northeastern University.