Robert began his involvement with the Foundation in 2012 as an advisor, was a founding member of the Finance Committee in 2013 and became Chief Investment Officer overseeing investments and general finances in 2015. He has extensive experience in the financial industry starting as an operations management trainee at Merrill Lynch, then in roles including money market trader, research analyst and portfolio manager. He became Head of JPMorgan Private Bank Investment Management after its merger with Chase and prior to joining the Foundation was Chief Investment Officer for Credit Suisse Private Banking. He appeared regularly on CNBC and Bloomberg as well as in various publications discussing investment strategy. Robert holds a BA in Government from Cornell University.