Bob is focused on providing investment advisory services to foundations, institutions and individuals at RJR Associates. Bob's professional experience includes three years as the Chief Financial Officer of Carlisle Companies, a NYSE traded firm, where he was involved in all corporate finance activities. Bob also served as the Vice President and Treasurer of Agway Inc., a Fortune 500 company. He has been a director of several corporate boards, including food processing, international trade, insurance and banking concerns.

Bob has also served on the faculty of Syracuse University where he taught MBA courses in securities markets and corporation finance. He completed his PhD in finance at Syracuse University in 1989. He was awarded an MBA with distinction from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management in 1971.

Bob and his wife, Linda, enjoy spending time at their family retreat on Lake Champlain in Vermont. He marvels at the insights provided by John Prine and Henry David Thoreau on the human condition.