Bob served as president of the National Congress for Community Economic Development, executive director of the Alliance for Healthy Homes, and VP for Community Building at United Way of America. He has also served on The Federal Reserve Board Consumer Advisory Council, visiting scholar at Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and has been a consultant to over 40 organizations. Currently, Bob is an independent consultant and principal investigator at the Public Health Institute in Oakland, CA working to align investment strategies among health care institutions, CDCs, CDFIs, and financial institutions.