Bob Templin
Senior Fellow
Morino Institute

Bob Templin joined the Morino Institute as a Senior Fellow in April 1999. At the Morino Institute he is focusing upon the issue of applying technology to bridge fundamental social divides and helping people in low-income communities improve their lives through educational and economic opportunity. The Morino Institute has been working to understand the challenges involved in thoughtfully integrating Internet and related technologies into the lives of all people. Templin has also been involved in the Institute's efforts in venture philanthropy, where strategic investment practices are adapted and applied to build and support stronger, more effective nonprofit organizations.

Dr. Templin came to the Morino Institute after serving for five years as the president of Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT). Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1984 to promote economic growth in Virginia by attracting and retaining technology-based jobs and businesses, and by enhancing business competitiveness through technology innovation. During Templin's tenure, the Center was credited with helping to create or retain over 12,000 high-tech jobs, attract or create more than 225 technology-based companies, and increase company sales or new capital investment by more than $500 million. He provided leadership in the start-up of six regional technology councils and served as founding chairman of the Virginia Commercial Space Flight Authority that oversaw the building of the nation's third spaceport for commercial space launches.

Before coming to CIT, Dr. Templin served for eight years as the president of Thomas Nelson Community College located in Hampton, Virginia. During his leadership at TNCC, the college experienced eight consecutive years of enrollment growth, launched a region-wide effort involving thousands of school children to enhance math, science, and technology achievement, and became a national model for high skills workforce development and training. From 1993 through 1994, he served as the president of the Virginia Association of Colleges and Universities. Dr. Templin previously served in administrative and faculty positions within the Virginia Community College System, the University of Virginia, and at colleges and universities in Maryland, North Carolina and Kentucky.

During the past five years, Dr. Templin has been recognized for his contributions in technology, education, and economic development. His work in workforce training, education and economic development has been featured in such publications as Virginia Business magazine, The Washington Post, USA Today and Fortune magazine. He has been instrumental in the development of the "Blueprint for Technology-Based Economic Growth in Virginia," a strategic plan that outlines the steps that Virginia should take to guide the state's emergence as a leading technology state. In 1997, Dr. Templin was selected by Virginia Business magazine as "Business Newsmaker of the Year" and he received Leadership in Technology Awards from the Northern Virginia Technology Council and the Greater Richmond Technology Council. In 1998, Digital South magazine named him one of the top 50 influential technology leaders in the South. Last year the Virginia Technology Alliance, representing the state's eight regional technology councils, awarded Dr. Templin its first-ever Distinguished Leadership Award.

Education: Ed.D, North Carolina State University (1976); M.A., Georgetown University (1972); B.A. Towson State University (1969); A.A. Harford Community College (1967)

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