Robert Van Norden

Glen Head, New York

Bob was born in 1949 and is a native New Yorker. He received his BA from Colgate University and MA from Columbia University. After serving five years as a broker and office manager in the Hamptons on Long Island, New York, he worked as a member on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange for twenty-five years.

Bob has been married to his wife, Donna, for thirty-five years, and they have two sons and one grandchild. He has served on the Renewal Ministries’ Board of Directors for twenty-five years; he also served for ten years on the advisory council for the Sisters of Life and has organized fund-raising events for both apostolates, as well as for Good Council Homes in the New York metropolitan area.

Upon retiring from Wall Street some twelve years ago, Bob moved his family to the rapidly growing city of Greenville, South Carolina, where he presently serves as the finance chairman for his local parish, with Fr. Dwight Longenecker.

An avid golfer, Bob also formerly served as the golf coach for Greenville’s local Catholic high school.