Robert is a native and resident of Northern Virginia. He attended American University in Washington, D.C. He is a former Marine and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a private investigator for fifteen years and a real estate broker for twenty years. He currently sells commodities and dabbles with various investments. Robert has been a sailor for thirty years favoring New England, Chesapeake and Caribbean waters; he recently returned from a navigation of the Inland Waterway. He is an avid skeet and sporting clays enthusiast. Robert is the proud father of three.