Rob served as the President & CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas from 2015-2021. In this role he represented the Eleventh District on the FOMC in the formulation of U.S. monetary policy. 

Kaplan was previously the Martin Marshall Professor of Management Practice and a Senior Associate Dean at Harvard Business School. Prior to joining Harvard, Kaplan was Vice Chairman of the Goldman Sachs Group with global responsibility for the firm's investment banking and investment management divisions.  

He serves as Co-Chairman of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation and Chairman of Project A.L.S. He is a board member of St. Mark’s School of Texas and is a member of the Advisory Council of the George W. Bush Institute.