Robert C. Kirkwood served as Director of Government and Education Affairs at Hewlett-Packard Company. Mr. Kirkwood served as an Attorney with specialty in land use. He serves as a Director of Peninsula Open Space Trust. He serves as Director of Sierra Nevada Conservancy; Member of California Advisory Committee and Sierra Checkerboard Initiative of the Trust for Public Land; Member of Governing Board of Northern Sierra Partnership; Co-Chairman of Santa Clara County Partnership for School Readiness; and Chairman of Bella Vista Foundation. He served as Member of Advisory Board of People for Open Space (now Greenbelt Alliance.). Mr. Kirkwood served as Director of Planning and Conservation League Foundation and California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance. He served as Board Member and President of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research. Mr. Kirkwood served as Chairman of Peninsula Community Foundation; Chairman of California State Coastal Conservancy; and Member of Woodside Town Council.