Robert A. Funk

Robert A. Funk is the founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Express Employment Professionals, an employment agency company headquartered in Oklahoma City.[1] He owns various enterprises, including sports teams, through his Express subsidiaries and is also a philanthropist who sits on the governing boards of multiple organizations.[2] He is also chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank in Kansas City.[3]

Before founding Express Employment Professionals in 1983, Funk was a personnel consultant (1965) and Vice President (1975) at ACME Personnel Services. He is an alum of both Seattle Pacific University and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland).[4]

As a boy, Funk was interested in farming, entrepreneurship, and religion, even spending six months studying in a seminary in Scotland.[5]

Company Website Biography

http://www.expresspros.com/company/board/bob-funk/ Express Employment Professionals also conducts polling on public policy issues and political candidates.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.expresspros.com/company/overview/
  2. ↑ http://www.hpj.com/archives/2005/may05/may23/BobFunkhonoredbyOklahomaSta.CFM
  3. ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20061205/ai_n16893032/
  4. ↑ http://www.academyofachievement.org/honorees/robert_funk.htm
  5. ↑ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4182/is_20050808/ai_n14853005/