Bob’ s background includes 20 years in the private sector and thirty years with the public sector in the areas of agronomy, economics, operations, land use, economic development and legal issues. For eleven years, Bob worked as an Extension Agent for Cornell Cooperative Extension. On January 1, 2007, Bob was appointed as Director of the Agriculture and Life Sciences Institute at Monroe Community College where he continues his work with farmers, public officials, faculty, students and the public. Bob has a B. S. in agricultural economics from Penn State, masters in business administration from Shippensburg University and a Ph.D. in agriculture education from Penn State.