Bob Fisher is President of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to his appointment at Belmont in April 2000, he was Vice President for Academic Affairs at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro. He was Dean of the School of Business at Henderson State University for ten years. Dr. Fisher earned a B.S.B.A. from Henderson State University, an M.B.A. from the University of Memphis, and a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas.

Dr. Fisher serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, the Country Music Foundation, the Nashville Symphony, the PENCIL Foundation, the YMCA of Middle Tennessee, the Nashville Alliance for Public Education, TICUA, Cumberland Region Tomorrow, Fifth Third Bank, and the NCAA Division I Board of Directors and Executive Committee. He is an active member of the Rotary Club of Nashville, participates in Nashville’s Agenda, and is a 2001 graduate of Leadership Nashville. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Arkansas Enterprise Group, a division of Southern Development Bank.

He has published numerous articles on management and leadership including articles that have appeared in the Personnel Journal and Personnel Administrator. Dr. Fisher is co-author  of Real Dream Teams, a book on team leadership, published by St. Lucie Press.

He has consulted with a wide variety of organizations on human resource and strategic planning issues including Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Alltel, Arkla Gas, U.S. Department of Transportation, and others.

Dr. Fisher has served in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, as a Fulbright Scholar conducting research and consulting with the National Institute of Public Administration, and was a keynote speaker at the Arabian Society for Human Resource Management Conference in Bahrain.

His life's mission is to help create experiences that transform people, especially students, in ways that enable them to become all they were created to be.

Dr. Fisher and his wife Judy have three grown children, two wonderful sons-in-law, and four perfect grandsons.