Experience

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  U.S. Department of the Interior

  • Washington, District Of Columbia

  • Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks

    • Jul 2019 - Jan 2021
    • Washington, District Of Columbia

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  Upper Green River Conservancy

  • Southwestern Wyoming

  • Co-Founder and President

    • Jun 2015 - Jun 2019
    • Southwestern Wyoming

    The Upper Green River Conservancy is the nation's first co-op conservation bank created to restore and manage healthy sagebrush landscapes while providing for energy development and continued ranching.www.uppergreenriver.com

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  i2 Capital

  • Jackson Hole - Washington - New York

  • Partner

    • Jun 2014 - Jun 2019
    • Jackson Hole - Washington - New York

    i2 Capital is a global merchant bank specializing in the conservation, education, energy and health sectors. www.i2capitalcorp.com

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  GE Power

  • Manager, US Government Relations

    • 1995 - 2012

    From 1995 thru early 2012, Rob was based in Washington, DC as the manager of US government relations for GE Energy, which sells and services advanced energy platforms worldwide -- including wind, clean coal, nuclear, solar, oil & gas, water, and combined cycle gas turbine systems. At the time GE Energy operated in over 145 countries, and employed 90,000 people. Rob oversaw GE’s energy policy work with the US Congress, the US Department of Energy, the White House, and various other federal and state agencies. While at GE, he co-chaired GE Energy’s Government Relations Operating Council, which coordinated the company’s energy policy advocacy throughout the world.

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  State of Wyoming

  • Cheyenne, Wyoming

  • Chief of Staff to Governor Jim Geringer

    • Jan 1995 - Jun 1995
    • Cheyenne, Wyoming

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  United States Senate

  • United States
  • Legislative Offices
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Republican Staff Director, Committee on Energy & Natural Resources

    • Jan 1991 - Apr 1994

    As Republican staff director of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Rob helped craft the Senate strategy that led to enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 1992. Interior and Energy department matters were also under the Committees jurisdiction, including national energy policy, and legislation and oversight governing US trust territories, public lands management, and the National Park Service.

  • Chief of Staff to US Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)

    • Jun 1989 - Dec 1990

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  National Park Service

  • Assistant Director, Government Relations

    • May 1986 - May 1989

    In 1986, during the Reagan administration,Rob was appointed assistant director of the National Park Service for congressional and legislative affairs. As the Capitol Hill liaison for Director William Penn Mott, Rob supervised a legislative agenda that increased visitor entrance fees to the direct benefit of park units, provided critical resources to fight the 1988 Yellowstone fires, revised concession management practices, and added several new units to the national park system. Rob also championed the creation of the Bevinetto Fellowship program, a prestigious training program that provides mid-level NPS employees with experience on Capitol Hill.

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  United States Senate

  • Washington, District Of Columbia

  • Legislative Assistant US Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)

    • Jan 1977 - Jun 1980
    • Washington, District Of Columbia

    Specialized in Energy and Natural Resource Issues

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  National Park Service

  • Grand Teton National Park

  • Seasonal Park Ranger

    • Jun 1971 - Mar 1976
    • Grand Teton National Park