Professional Profile: Bob Erickson - 2012

Name: Bob Erickson - 2012

Title: Town Planner

Company: Town of North Smithfield, RI

Location: 1 Main St., Slatersville, RI

Birthplace: Huntington, CT

Family: Wife and two grown sons, all math/science professionals in their own right College: Masters in Community Planning, University of Rhode Island First job unrelated to your current field: Property management First job in current field: Rhode Island Energy Office What your firm does now and its plans for the future? Comprehensive land use and development planning, grants management Hobbies: Maintaining a wooden house, bicycle touring Favorite novel: "Nudge" (non-fiction, but it unfolds like a novel) Favorite film: "A Man for All Seasons" Keys to success: Friends, family and Google Person you admire most (outside of family): Jimmy Carter after 1980 If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? Architecture