Rob has owned homes on the island for over 15 years and has lived here full time for the past five years. He grew up and worked in the Northeast during his early years, graduating from Cornell University with a B.S. degree in Engineering and then an MBA. He then lived in the Southeast before moving to Seattle in 1987. His professional career spans 50 years beginning with public accounting then moving to the medical industry where he held primarily chief financial officer positions in medical instrumentation and numerous biotechnology companies. He is currently working as part time CFO for a company developing treatments for cancer and prostate conditions. His son is a wetlands biologist where he lives in Olympia, Washington with his wife and two daughters and his daughter is an Assistant Professor at Northern Illinois University living in Geneva, Illinois with her two daughters. His outside interests include gardening, boating, fishing, skiing and rock climbing. He looks forward to working with the dedicated group of people at the Home Trust devoted to increasing the availability of affordable homes on San Juan Island.