Bob is a Founder and Executive Committee member of The Mark Vann Foundation, Volunteer Community Liaison for The Rex Foundation, a member of the Associate Board of Directors for the Union League Club of Chicago Boys and Girls Clubs of America, President of The Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sacramento Area Alumni Association, a founding member and multi-committee member of the California Sustainable Business Council, a member of the Global Recycling Council, and past President of both the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Carnegie Mellon University Chicago Area Alumni Associations. He currently serves as Board Member, Secretary, and Chairperson of the Communications and Development Committees for the California Resource Recovery Association, the largest and oldest recycling association in the United States, and as a Board Member for Conservation Value. In 2004 Mr. Hollis was the State of California Coordinator for America Recycles Day, and served as the Summer Tour Coordinator for HeadCount, a non-profit organization working with the music industry to register more than 50,000 new voters nationwide.

Bob provides pro-bono web hosting services and web site development for numerous non-profit organizations focused on environmental issues, community activism and animal welfare, and is the host of recyclingtech.org, a web site devoted to the advancement of technology in the recycling industry that is receiving attention from government and industry in the United States and Europe.

On November 2, 2004, Mr. Hollis was elected to a non-partisan public office in El Dorado County, California winning support from more than 80% of the voting public in his district. In his capacity as CSD Board President he is responsible for oversight and management of public services including roads, parks and recreation, protected wetlands, architectural control and open space. Bob has a BS in Industrial Management with a concentration in Marketing from Carnegie Mellon University and a graduate business and liberal arts education from the University of Chicago.