Bob is a religious scholar and a devoted LGBTQ+ ally. Until his recent retirement, Bob was Visiting Professor and Director of Mormon Studies at Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. He is the co-founder and current Vice-President of the Bountiful Children’s Foundation, a humanitarian organization that addresses malnutrition among Latter-day Saint and other children in the developing world. Most recently he co-founded and is the president of FastForward for the Planet, a new non-profit initiative designed to unify the faiths of the world in addressing climate change and earth stewardship.

Bob has published widely on Mormon and Religious Studies. Together with a group of scholars, writers and others, he is working on a major publication on the intersection of the Church and the LGBTQ+ community titled “All Are Alike.”  His most recent publications are A New Witness to the World: Reading and Re-reading the Book of Mormon  (2020) and Why I Stay2: The Challenge of Discipleship for Contemporary Latter-day Saints (2021). He just finished co-editing (with Brent Rushforth) a collection of essays in honor of Eugene England. Currently he is working on a book, Realizing the Restoration.

Bob has served as a bishop, member of the Baltic States mission Presidency, high councilor and Institute Teacher, currently he and his wife, Gloria, are engaged in interfaith work in Marin County. He can be reached at bobreees2@gmail.com.