West Valley is a wonderful city and a great place to live. Let's keep our city great. He received the Navy Expeditionary Cross for service as part of the U.S.
Robert Burch is Executive Director of Sema Hadithi African American Heritage and Culture Foundation, a nonprofit that researches African American history in Utah and the Mountain West. He is Principal of Sema Hadithi, LLC, an e-commerce business that provides research services and Afrocentric products online. Robert began his career in the United States Navy where he served four years. He had tour
s of duty in the Caribbean, South America, the North Atlantic, and the Meditteranean Ocean. Peacekeeping force in the Mediterranean. His professional life has been varied, focused primarily on sales and customer service, including four years in food safety and corporate compliance. His volunteer career includes Utah Chapter President and National Board Member of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Charter Board Member of Sons and Daughters of the United States Middle Passage, Family History Director of the LDS Genesis Group, Utah Juneteenth Committee, and Utah Black Roundtable. Robert has served in numerous church calling including, stake missionary, primary teacher, nursery leader, ward membership clerk, elders quorum president, Sunday school president, and counselor in the branch presidency. Robert S. Burch, Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 10, 1961. 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 on April 12, 2012. Robert has four children. He and Alice reside in West Valley City, Utah.
