Gospel Rescue Mission

Robert S. Jeska

Over the course of a full military and private sector careers, Bob successfully managed large and complex organizations world wide. In the course of two careers, he earned a BS in Engineering, an MS in Contracting, and an MBA, along with the complementary military education to the doctorate equivalent.     

He entered the United States Academy at West Point at 17 and over the next 34 years served multiple tours of duty in Asia, Europe, and stateside.  His last overseas assignment was in Atsugi, Japan.  The unit there had and subordinate offices in Honolulu, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand.  His last stateside assignment was at WSMR, where he led about 2000 civilian and military professionals performing all the testing there with an annual budget of about $194M.

He and Sherri married in El Paso in 1976 and have four grown children. Shay lives in Maryland with her husband, who is a Navy F-18 Test Pilot. They have three sons and a daughter due in February 2014.  Aaron graduated from NMSU ROTC in 2003, served two combat tours in Iraq, and is now a lawyer in Colorado.  Lesley graduated NMSU and is now a social worker for Larimer County, Colorado.   Andrea graduated NMSU and is now a practicing physician assistant in Virginia with her husband, who is a computer engineer. They have one daughter and a baby due in May 2014.

Bob is currently Executive Director of the Las Cruces Gospel Rescue Mission, which is the only around-the-clock facility for the homeless and hungry in the City.