Bob & wife, Barb, summer 2015 Red Riber Gorge in Eastern Kentucky |
Q: Why did you join Ohio Zeta Chapter in the first place?
A: Camaraderie and relationships
Q: What’s your favorite memory from your time in the chapter?
A: All the sports activities and winning the bed race every year among all fraternities.
Q: Do you still keep in touch with any of your fellow alums? Who?
A: Regretfully I have lost contact through the years with most brothers…
Bob at Joe Nall Air Show in S.C. |
Q: Tell us about your job title and what you do.
A: After owning the Maytag distribution organization throughout Florida, I made a decision to go into web development and inevitably into online publishing in 1998, in the early days of the Internet. Since then, my partners and I have launched 13 news and information portals devoted to 17 different industries. Additionally, I am publisher and CEO of Sustainable Community Media, the parent company of Proudgreenhome.com and proudgreenbuilding.com . These are digital media portals helping building professionals and consumers be more knowledgeable and inspired about building or remodeling their homes and commercial to be greener, more sustainable.
Q: How did your time in Ohio Zeta Chapter help to prepare you for that role?
A: It helped me mature some, and many of my brothers inspired me to higher levels of motivation and commitment to excellence in my past business pursuits.
Q: Tell us about your family/hobbies.
A: Married 27 years to Barbara. We have two awesome children in Tampa and Dalton, Georgia, and four grandchildren who we see as often as possible.
Barb and I very much enjoy traveling and camping in our Airstream that we purchased from a good friend and brother in the bond, Eric Davis ’77, at Airstream dealer in Columbus, Ohio. I am also big-time in to flying large, radio-controlled aircrafts. Many weekends are involved attending air shows. And we are very devoted to our two crazy boxers who assure we are always laughing.
Laila | Lars |
Q: What would you say is your biggest accomplishment?
A: I think, the slow but persistent evolving from chasing things that are transitional and less important, and learning over the years to value things that are more eternal… family, friends and faith.
Q: What advice would you give to future generations PDT Chapter members?
A: Redouble commitments to The Ohio State Buckeye football team, do what you love professionally, communicate regularly with your family and eat your vegetables!