State Superintendent of Education: Board Member - Robert Bobb
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Robert BobbRobert Bobb
President
Office: 442-4289 Fax: 442-5198
Email: Robert.Bobb@dc.gov
 
Robert Bobb has over 30 years experience as City Manager in urban governments within this country.  Most recently, Mr. Bobb served as City Administrator for the District of Columbia.  His career is the longest, current, tenure for an African-American City Manager and has been of such wide-ranging achievement that it has earned him, among numerous national and community based awards, the prestigious International City Management Association's (IMCA) L.P. Cookingham Award for Career Development and the National Forum of Black Public Administrator's (NFBPA) Marks of Excellence Award.
 
Mr. Bobb is a nationally recognized leader in the areas of public finance, economic development, public safety, and community-based government.  For his contributions, he has been awarded an unprecedented four, highly coveted, ICMA Innovation Awards.  He has served on numerous boards and commissions, receiving gubernatorial appointments to such bodies as the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute.
 
Named by City & State, a former newspaper for state and local government officials and the forerunner to Governing Magazine, as the most valuable public official, among professional managers in this country's local governments.  He was elected, a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA).  Academy Fellows are elected by their peers who include: Cabinet Members, Governors, Members of Congress, Mayors, scholars and business executives.
 
Mr. Bobb earned his B.A. from Grambling State University; MBS from Western Michigan University.  He was a Joyce Foundation Fellow at Harvard University's Kennedy School in the State and Local Government Certificate Program and served as a member of the Executive Alumni Council for the Kennedy School.  He completed the Broad Foundation Fellowship in Urban Education.  Mr. Bobb was inducted into Grambling State University's Alumni Hall of Fame, 2006.