Bob Jenks is the Executive Director of CUB. Bob started working for CUB in 1991, and has participated in nearly every major Oregon Public Utility Commission case since that time, including dozens of cases dealing with utility mergers, rates, resource planning, and climate change. He also regularly represents ratepayers before the Oregon Legislature and at regional forums.

Bob is the Oregon representative of the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA). He is a native Oregonian, and holds a degree in economics from Willamette University. When not working, Bob enjoys gardening, cooking, and smoking his homegrown tomatoes in his smoker.