Robert Knowling Jr.

Mr. Knowling joined us as a director in 2018. He is Chairman of Eagles Landing Partners, which specializes in helping senior management formulate strategy, lead organizational transformations, and re-engineer businesses. He serves on the Board of Directors at Rite Aid. Earlier in his career he served as CEO of the NYC Leadership Academy, an independent nonprofit corporation created by Chancellor Joel I. Klein and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg that is chartered with developing the next generation of principals in the New York City public school system.

Knowling has also held roles as CEO of Telwares; Chairman and CEO of SimDesk Technologies, Inc.; and Chairman, President and CEO of Covad Communications. He was awarded the Wall Street Project’s Reginald Lewis Trailblazers Award by President Clinton and the Reverend Jesse Jackson in 1999. Knowling serves on the board of directors for Roper Technologies in Sarasota, Florida and Stream Companies in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Knowling received a Bachelor of Arts degree in theology from Wabash College and a Master of Business Administration from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.