DeaconBob Amato grew up in Good Shepherd parish and attended Good Shepherd School. He graduated from Franklin County High School and the University of Kentucky, where he was captain of the golf team. Bob has worked as an engineer for HMB Engineering, Elizabethtown City Engineer, Deputy Executive Director of the Public Service Commission, and is currently Director of Utilities and Finance for the City of Nicholasville. Bob and his wife Carmen have been married since 1991 and have three children who are all graduates of Good Shepherd School. Bob was ordained a Permanent Deacon in June 2020 and is assigned to Good Shepherd.