Bob is Chairman of Jacquart Fabric Products and heads up the Copper Peak Board of Directors. Since he joined the board in 2013, Bob has become the public face of the renewed effort to return Copper Peak to its rightful place as the home of competitive ski jumping in the Western Hemisphere. A serial entrepreneur and tireless advocate of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Bob joined his father’s fabric manufacturing business in 1983 and has carefully crafted a vision that has transformed the company, Jacquart Fabric Products, from a small custom sewing shop to a formal production operation with technical expertise across a diverse set of product lines, including the iconic Stormy Kromer brand, which he acquired in 2001. With his daughters now leading and managing critical areas of the day-to-day business management and operations, Bob dedicates considerable time to the most important project of his life: re-establishing Copper Peak as a sanctioned ski jumping facility. Bob believes Copper Peak is a secret weapon that can turn the world’s attention to Michigan’s scenic Upper Peninsula. The goal is to attract visitors who will fall in love with the UP’s unique lifestyle, reinvigorate the area’s talent base, and spur business investment in the region.
