Robert C. Bobb

Robert C. Bobb has over 40 years of executive management experience and a nationwide reputation for helping governments, schools, and businesses achieve financial and operational solutions, greater efficiency, and long-term viability. He provides expertise on the issues facing urban governments, including implementing educational reform, economic development, community and neighborhood development, managing municipal budgets and finances, and effective contract negotiations.

He was elected city-wide as the President of the Washington, DC Board of Education in November 2006 and served as the President of both the Washington, D.C. Board of Education and the Washington, D.C. State Board of Education. He is the former City Administrator and Deputy Mayor for Washington, D.C., and served as the District of Columbia’s Homeland Security Advisor. He managed a workforce of approximately 20,000 employees and an annual budget of $8 billion dollars. He served as the City Manager of Oakland, California and Executive Director of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency, City Manager of Richmond, Virginia, City Manager of Santa Ana, California, and City Manager of Kalamazoo, Michigan. He holds the distinction of having served continuously as the longest-tenured African-American City Manager/City Administrator in the nation.