Bob Spofford, a retired advertising executive (with an electrical engineering degree) and New Jersey native, has been a resident of Marin County since 1996. He and his wife Sue are 2005 graduates of Environmental Forum of Marin. Sue was a co-founder of Sustainable San Rafael, and Bob is the point person for Sustainable San Rafael on Marin Clean Energy.  Bob also volunteers as Financial Secretary and webmaster/newsletter editor for First Congregational Church in San Rafael.

Bob is a Command Pilot with Angel Flight West, which a nonprofit, volunteer-driven organization that arranges free, non-emergency air travel for children and adults with serious medical conditions. He keeps a plane at Gnoss Field.