Robert Bruce Burns: Director of Walton Family Foundation’s Home Region Program embraces innovative, community-driven solutions

Tom Walton says Robert Burns is a proven leader in cross-sector collaboration who in his role as director of the Walton Family Foundation’s Home Region Program embraces innovative, community-driven so

June 18, 2023 at 4:00 a.m.

by April Wallace

“We make sure that what those projects do is in essence brought together in the planning,” Robert Burns says. “That (residents) are able to participate. Fundamentally, we believe the best ideas come from unexpected places and from residents, those on the ground. We need to have diverse opinions. We may agree or have an alternate perspective. Bringing those voices together to come up with the best possibility was key.” (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)
“We make sure that what those projects do is in essence brought together in the planning,” Robert Burns says. “That (residents) are able to participate. Fundamentally, we believe the best ideas come from unexpected places and from residents, those on the ground. We need to have diverse opinions. We may agree or have an alternate perspective. Bringing those voices together to come up with the best possibility was key.” (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Charlie Kaijo)


Ever since Robert Burns joined the Walton Family Foundation a couple of years ago as director of its Home Region Program, big things have been happening.

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The story was corrected to which county Burns worked in.

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