Bob Reeker has thirty years’ experience in Nebraska’s Lincoln County Schools, where he’s taught visual art to pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. From 1997 to 1999, he served as an elementary assistant principal before returning to the art room. In addition, he is an adjunct instructor for elementary art methods at Nebraska Wesleyan University in Lincoln. Reeker has served many roles in his state arts organization as well as nationally. He has been Nebraska Youth Art Month chair, and most recently, served as co-chair of the 2017 Nebraska fall art education conference in Lincoln. At the national level, he served as National Art Education Association (NAEA) Elementary Division director from 2007 to 2011. In 2016, he was elected NAEA Western Region vice president elect, and from 2018 to 2020, he served as vice president of the region.