Bob has been the City Manager for the City of Bothell, Washington since 2005. As the CEO of a full service city, Bob is responsible for a 2013-2014 budget of $224 million and 300 employees. Before arriving in Bothell, Bob was the City Manager for the City of Mill Creek, Washington for nine years and held other top administrator positions for two other Washington cities for an additional 10 years. Bob is well known as an innovative and entrepreneurial real estate and community developer that utilizes sound long-range fiscal planning skills and has achieved proven results in leading small to large scale and complex redevelopment efforts from dream stage to construction. His first downtown project began with the revitalization of Downtown Dayton, Washington in the late 80’s, leading to the more recent creation of a new downtown with the City of Mill Creek Town Center in early 2000, to the transformation that is occurring in downtown Bothell today. Bob is leading Washington State’s largest publically-led downtown revitalization in Bothell, whereby over 25 acres has been assembled under City ownership for municipal amenities and is now being sold for private mixed-use development in the heart of downtown. Strategic City actions have already stimulated private investment of more than $250 million in just a few years. Bob understands the importance of public-private partnerships in developing great and sustainable places that supply private sector jobs and create a sense of community. He believes Bothell’s outrageously ambitious plan –as it has been called in the region, is built on a foundation of public-private partnerships and has energized and transformed the Bothell community while holding fast to city cultural and historical roots. Bob is a past president of the Washington City/County Management Association (2002-2003) and holds a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Eastern Washington University and a MBA from Seattle University.