Robert Bobb is a Director with PFM in the Strategic Consulting practice. He has over 30 years of professional management experience in the private and public sectors at the chief executive level. He is nationally recognized for innovative leadership, with special achievements in public safety, finance, community development, employee development, and community empowerment programs.

Mr. Bobb is the former City Administrator and Deputy Mayor for Washington, D.C. and served as the District of Columbia's Homeland Security Advisor. He also served as the City Manager of Oakland, California and Executive Director of the Oakland Redevelopment Agency, and as City Manager of Richmond, Virginia, Santa Ana, California, and Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 2006, he was also elected city-wide as President of the Washington, DC Board of Education.

Mr. Bobb holds the distinction of having served on a continuous basis as the longest tenured African-American City Manager/City Administrator in the nation. He is an expert on the issues facing urban government in the realms of education, economic development, community and neighborhood development, municipal budgeting and finances, contract negotiations, public/private partnerships of sports franchises, libraries and recreation facilities, and social problems such as crime and grime.

His career earned him the prestigious International City/County Management Association's (ICMA) L. P. Cookingham Award for Career Development, and has been awarded four ICMA Innovation Awards. He also earned the National Forum for Black Public Administrator's (NFBPA) Marks of Excellence Award and is a former President of the NFBPA.

Mr. Bobb is a pro-active champion for civil rights, mentoring urban youth and young professionals. Under his direction, several successful outreach programs were designed and administered to foster urban youth in civic responsibility, educational achievement, and competitiveness in the employment market.

Mr. Bobb earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Grambling State University in Grambling, Louisiana and a Master of Science in Business from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He also completed the certificate program for Senior Executives in State and Local Governments from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he served as a member of the Executive Alumni Council.

Mr. Bobb is a Fellow of the 2005 Broad Foundation Urban Schools Superintendents Academy, Founding President of the City of Oakland, California African American Chamber of Commerce, Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, member of the ICMA, Fellow of the Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William & Mary, and former member of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute.

Mr. Bobb is based in Washington D.C., and will provide a leadership role in PFM's Strategic Consulting practice advising state and local governments on management, budget, and performance improvement.