Robert serves as the chairman of the board of trustees of Self Reliance Empowerment Foundation. Prior to serving as chairman, he was a member of the board of trustees. He has been a strong supporter of Self-Reliance Empowerment Foundation’s mission since June 2024. Robert is passionate about helping youth and young adults prepare for their future. His passion to help people has led him to be a volunteer and to become a medical professional. He began his adult volunteering by representing his church from 1972-1974 in Northern Germany. Upon returning to the United States he continued his education in medicine and became a clinical laboratory scientist in 1979. He worked professionally as a clinical laboratory scientist helping patients and their physicians receive timely and vital information derived from laboratory analysis of patient samples. Robert worked as a clinical lab scientist from 1979 until he retired from that profession in 2016. Also during 1979 to 2016 he served in laboratory management, volunteered as a lay clergyman for his church, served as a Boy Scout leader and volunteered regularly in community events such as the March of Dimes Walkathon and the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life.

I have 20 years leading international government policy and relations including: state, national, and international legislative affairs (Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, USDOE, National Bureau of Economic Research, World Bank, United Nations, World Health Organization, etc.), international refugee education policy, interfaith advisory board (clean water, infrastructure, education, economic development, agriculture, early childhood nutrition, maternal health clinics, sex trafficking prevention, etc.), city council, institution and system-level strategic/scenario/simulation planning, randomized control trials, dual transformation, exchange team monthly and annual touch-point collaboration summits, cost benefit analyses/ROI, behavioral economics, artificial intelligence/analytics strategy, and multi-million dollar grants/fundraising/legislative financing and corporate partnership management. I've been a consultant for international strategy councils (India, UK, Mexico, Pakistan, Middle East), city councils (United States), refugee organizations (Nepal), English as a second language employment strategy through technical/vocational education (China), and regional economic cluster and public health advisory organizations and ministries of education (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Philippines, Indonesia, Paraguay). I've taught university and community courses including: social entrepreneurship, sociology of developing countries, comparative international development education, suicide prevention policy analysis, TESOL, culture and diversity, sex trafficking prevention curriculum development, educational psychology and human development, religion, and growing from traumatic experiences.

Joseph is a healthcare professional, patented inventor, published scientist, serial entrepreneur, proven business leader, activist, and humanitarian. He was honored as one of Utah Business' Forty Under 40 business professionals in 2023 and is board eligible as a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. His experience includes healthcare administration, academic research, frontline care to patients in the clinical setting, personal fitness, being a content creator/YouTuber, and bringing medical technology from inception to market. To further his professional training, he received an Executive Doctorate in Business Administration from Drexel University in Pennsylvania, pursued MBA training at Westminster University in Utah, majored in Exercise and Sport Science with a minor in Pediatric Clinical Research from the University of Utah, and obtained an Associate Degree from Ensign College. He returned to the University of Utah in 2023 for further research training by pursuing a PhD in Health Systems and Innovation Research at the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine. His research interests include analyzing factors affecting both physician decision-making and medical innovation adoption, legal medicine, the role hospital operations have in affecting the quality of patient care, investigating minority interactions with healthcare, and the integration of lifestyle/epigenetic considerations into patient treatment plans. He also plans to continue developing and promoting medical devices to supplement patient medical care throughout the rest of his career. He is committed to giving back to the community. Outside of his church service, he volunteers on various non-profit Boards of Directors to help people gain access to needed resources, assist future and upcoming professionals, and empower underserved communities among other works. Joseph enjoys sports, having been a four-sport student-athlete in high school, completing marathons and triathlons afterward. As a PhD student, he joined the University of Utah's wrestling team to compete after a two decade hiatus from the sport. He was appointed Men's Team Captain for the 2024-2025 season. He also became a head wrestling coach for his alma mater, West High School.