With more than 25 years in the non-profit health and human services sector, Rob brings a wealth of diverse experience highlighted by exemplary achievement in executive and organizational management; designing and implementing hundreds of programs to improve lives, and directly providing mental health and wellness services to help people address their individual issues; and developing new systems and approaches to positively impact chronic community and public health crises. Rob is a change agent who recognizes individual and organizational achievements of the past while progressing into the future.
Rob has served in virtually every role in non-profit organizations – from social work intern to chief executive officer – and understands the challenges and opportunities at every level. At FEGS Health and Human Services, Rob was credited with creating, scaling and deploying service coordination, employment, disability, disaster relief, and family, youth and senior services initiatives. He also developed and expanded access to programs and services designed to improve the lives of LGBTQ people; immigrants experiencing domestic violence; individuals and families coping with chronic physical, developmental and mental health issues, employment and housing challenges; and those experiencing or recovering from emergencies and natural disasters. As part of multi-disciplinary and remotely located teams, he shared in the success of developing and maintaining an agency-wide Intranet and Learning Campus portal, divisional electronic databases and workflow systems, outcome measurement and quality assurance/compliance systems and aligned them with overall organizational functions.
As CEO of SYJCC, Rob worked to assess, refresh and integrate new organizational standards across a 40-year-old institution by improving board development and administration, redesigning finance and operational processes, restructuring human resources and program evaluation systems, and developing new marketing, public relations, information technology and fundraising strategies.
Rob is regarded as a regional leader in the community and around disaster relief and welfare reform issues and has served on governmental commissions, task forces, regional coordinating entities and advisory committees. Rob is a NYS licensed clinical social worker, received a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Albright College, a Master’s degree in Social Work from Adelphi University, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Dowling College and completed an executive leadership certificate program through Columbia Business School. Rob and his family live in Smithtown, New York.
