Robert S. Burch
Executive Director @Sema Hadithi African American Heritage And Culture Foundation
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WORK HISTORY
Executive Director @Sema Hadithi African American Heritage And Culture Foundation
West Valley City, UT, US
Responsible for planning, organization, and direction of the organization’s operations and programs. Oversees and reports on the organization’s results for the board of directors. Coordinates fundraising efforts, analyze results, and notes trends. Provides leadership to and manages the efforts of site staff and working groups to ensure appropriate guidance and support of all departments. Researches and approves systems implementations. Retains a diverse, highly qualified staff and volunteers by providing career coaching, growth, and personal development for workers. Ensures that services and funding relationships are robust enough to meet or exceed strategic goals and objectives.
EDUCATION
Talladega College
None
New England Institute of Technology
Associates
SKILLS
ABOUT ROBERT S. BURCH
Robert Burch is Executive Director of Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation, a non-profit researching African American history in Utah and the Mountain West. He is the Principal of Tell the Story, LLC. Robert was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Talladega College, where he became a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. He married Alice Mae Faulkner in the Salt Lake City Temple. He and Alice reside in West Valley City, Utah.Robert began his career in the United States Navy. He served in the Caribbean, South America, the North Atlantic, and the Mediterranean. He received the Navy Expeditionary Cross for his service as part of the U.S. Peacekeeping force in the Mediterranean. His professional life was primarily in sales and customer service, including four years in food safety and corporate compliance.His volunteerism is as a Member of the Utah Board of State History, Vice President and Charter Member of the Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage, and former Utah Chapter President and Board Member of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society. He is versed in genealogical and historical research focused on the stories of African descent in the Americas and Caribbean. He has done presentations on genealogy basics, the importance of transforming family history into United States history, connectivity through lineage societies, and historical topics like Buffalo Soldiers of the West. He has spoken on Utah college campuses about using history for inclusion and healing, transmitting heritage and culture, and understanding race and religion.He has formed project working groups to research, preserve, and share the history of Black people in Utah. By creating relationships through a network of universities, museums, community centers, and non-profits, he has helped to share the stories of historically ignored communities in our cumulative memories. Those critical connections are with influential organizations like the Utah State Historic Preservation Office, the Utah Division of State History, the University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College, Brigham Young University, Utah Museum Association, Brigham City Museum, Hyrum City Museums, the Uintah History Library and Museum, the American West Center, Kirk Huffaker Preservation Strategies, The Utah Cultural Celebration Center, and others. He believes the unity we, as Americans, desire will be achieved through honesty and respect by sharing our shared history\'s truth.
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