Robert Walter (editor)

Most notably, he is the executive director and board president of the Joseph Campbell Foundation (JCF), an organization that he helped found in 1990 with choreographer Jean Erdman, Joseph Campbell's widow.

He began to work on several projects with Campbell, who subsequently named him editorial director of his Historical Atlas of World Mythology.

[8] Prior to his work in publishing, Walter was a founding faculty fellow at the California Institute of the Arts; lectured widely on experiential education; and pursued a professional theater career, working for a decade as a director, production manager, and playwright.

Bob was a founding trustee of United Religions Initiative and has served that organization as treasurer and as a member of its Global Council.

[9] He currently serves as the president of the elected board of trustees for the public Tamalpais Union High School District in Marin County, California; his term expires in 2015.