Bob Bailey, will help provide strategic oversight and support to the Missouri Military Academy (MMA), as a member of the Board of Trustees.

MMA President Brigadier General Richard V. Geraci says they are excited to welcome Bob to the MMA Board of Trustees. "An impressive leader in a variety of areas, he brings tremendous experience, passion for education, and legal expertise to the board. I look forward to working with him and to his support, perspectives, insights, and guidance."

Bailey joined the University of Missouri Law School in 1979. He left full-time employment at the Law School from 1983-87 to serve as municipal judge for the City of Columbia, while continuing to work at the law school part-time. In 1987 he returned full-time to the law school and now serves as assistant dean emeritus and CSDR Senior Fellow. He directed the Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution from 2008 to 2014. He continued to serve as Associate Municipal Judge until June 2005. He taught Arbitration, Life Skills Seminar, a freshman interest group (FIG) and a course in the Kinder Institute. A military veteran, he was instrumental in starting the Veterans’ Clinic at the MU Law School.

He maintains an active arbitration practice, serving on several arbitration panels including having served on Major League Baseball’s Salary Arbitration panel. He is on the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Labor Arbitration panel and served as the National Academy of Arbitrators vice president.

Bailey is married to Sharon, a retired kindergarten teacher. They have two children, Tara and Jessica, and four grandchildren, Caden, Bryson, Nathan, and Sadie Jane.