Rob Shepardson

As one of the founders of SS+K, Rob has spent over 25 years working in advertising, marketing and brand consulting. Rob has lead the firm’s work for a diverse set of clients, including HBO, The New Yorker, Starbucks, President Obama’s campaigns in both 2008 and 2012, General Electric, College Board, Mark Zuckerberg’s FWD.us, First Lady Michelle Obama’s anti-childhood obesity campaign, Let’s Move!, MSNBC, LiveStrong, Microsoft, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and many others.
In the spring of 2014, President Obama appointed Rob to the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition. Drew Brees and Dominique Dawes co-chair the Council. Other members include Billy Jean King, Alonzo Mourning, Jason Collins, Misty Copeland and Michelle Kwan. Rob is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is a member of the New York advisory board of Enterprise Community Partners, a founding board member of Business Forward, and on the advisory boards of Hip-Hop Public Health and Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign.
Rob taught a graduate-level course on health issue advocacy at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. He currently is on the advisory board of the Center for Health Communication at Harvard’s School of Public Health. Rob has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He holds a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College, where he graduated with a double major in government and biology. At F&M, he was a four-year starting quarterback and Academic All-American. He was inducted into F&M’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990. 

Appointed by President Barack Obama to the President's Council on Sports, Fitness and NutritionPCFSN engages, educates, and empowers all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition. Since 1956, the Council has created and promoted programs and initiatives that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to be active and eat healthy.