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From serving as a Director on several boards for foundations and businesses to supporting our veterans and working with those in need, Bob takes tremendous pride helping to make our communities better.

Corporate Leadership

Bob has a depth of corporate leadership experience that few ever achieve. Learn the principles that have made him a success in both business and government sectors how those principles can be applied to your personal and professional life.

National Veterans Resource Center Tour

Thursday morning Ray Toenniessen, Associate Vice President of IVMF, picked me up and took me to the new National Veterans Resource Center, a new building on the Syracuse campus that will house IVMF and its resources. It is a beautiful new building, funded primarily by a donation by Dan D’Aniello, Co-Founder of Carlyle and Chair […]

Keynote Speech Re-Cap At SynFiny

I recently spoke to the partners and employees of SynFiny, a Cincinnati-based global consulting firm, about my leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs. I was asked to talk specifically about how to change corporate culture. I began my talk by asking an important question, “What do you do, and what steps do you take, […]

McKinsey Leadership Forum Re-Cap

It was my privilege to speak to a group of about forty or so business leaders at the McKinsey Leadership Forum. Other speakers included my friends Admiral (Retired) Eric Olson, former Commander of the U. S. Special Operations Command, and Beth Colbert, former McKinsey Partner and Head of Office of Personnel Management when I was […]