Robert Blount was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1999 and serves as Chairman of the Academics Committee. He also is a member of the Finance and Policy and Intergovernmental Relations committees and serves as Northside's representative to the Texas Association of School Boards' (TASB) Board of Directors. He serves as the President of the Bexar County School Boards Coalition, and has achieved the status of "master trustee" as a graduate of the TASB Leadership Program.

Blount is the founder and Director of both the Texas Regional Science Bowls and the Texas Solar Race Car Event. His employer, The MITRE Corp., and NISD serve as hosts for both events. He also serves on the Board of The Texas Lyceum and is the Chairman of the TASB Lone Star Investment Pool Board. Blount also is the founder and Director of The Dragons Soccer Club.

Blount earned his law degree from George Mason University and holds a master's degree in systems management from St. Mary's University and a bachelor's degree in engineering science from the United States Air Force Academy. Blount and his wife, Sandra Sandoval, have two children who attend Communications Arts High School and Ott Elementary School.