Bob Thompson was born in Chattanooga, TN, and grew up in Arlington, VA. He has called Atlanta home since 1971. A retired consulting actuary and Fellow of the Society of Actuaries, Bob spent the majority of his career with Towers Perrin (now Willis Towers Watson) in the Atlanta office. He also served as President of the Southern Employee Benefits Conference and Vice President for Board Development on the Board of the William Breman Jewish Home.

For the last two decades, Bob has been deeply involved with JELF, serving multiple terms on the Board and on the Executive Committee. In addition to Chairing the Governance Committee for many years, he has also chaired JELF’s Investment Committee for the past five years, providing steady guidance and thoughtful financial leadership.  Additionally, Bob was involved in two JELF Bylaw update projects as well as a variety of other ad hoc committee over the years.  His favorite part of JELF is most definitely, however, taking part in Loan Review.

Bob earned his A.B. from Princeton University and M.A. from the University of Michigan. He is married to art historian Dede Thompson, who has also been active with JELF. Together, they have two children and four grandchildren.