Bob Curran Jr. served as vice president of corporate communications for The Jockey Club from 2001 until he retired in December 2017. He planned and oversaw all communications, public relations, and publicity initiatives for The Jockey Club and its family of companies.
Curran joined The Jockey Club staff in December 1998 after spending almost 12 years with Thoroughbred Racing Communications, an industry-funded national media relations office. Before that, he served stints as a sportswriter and columnist with the Niagara Falls (NY) Gazette and as the senior media coordinator for the New York Racing Association.
He earned a B.A. in journalism from St. Bonaventure University.
He now serves as a consultant for The Jockey Club and as a member of several Thoroughbred industry committees.
