Robert Tobias

Robert M. Tobias is a Fellow at the National Academy of Public Administration. He is a frequent contributor to Federal Times, Government Employees Relations Report, and Government Executive magazine on current federal sector public policy implementation issues. He is a Distinguished Practitioner Emeritus in American University’s School of Public Affairs, Key Executive Leadership Program. He founded the Key Executive Leadership Program in 2002 that currently includes 3,500 federal sector leaders.
Mr. Tobias was nominated by President Clinton and the Senate confirmed him for a five-year term as a member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board. The Board has broad strategic and budget oversight responsibility for the Internal Revenue Service. Mr. Tobias also consults with a number of private sector and government clients on a broad variety of issues including strategic planning, leadership development, alternative dispute resolution, interest-based problem solving, and training.
Prior to his work at American University, Mr. Tobias served for 31 years with the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) and from 1983-1999 as its President.
Mr. Tobias received his bachelor’s degree in pre-legal studies and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He graduated from the George Washington University Law School with honors. He served as a professor on the adjunct faculty for 22 years.
Mr. Tobias resides in with his wife Susan and has three adult children, Rachel, Christopher, and Lindsay, and four grandchildren, Sadie, Nolan, Charlotte, and Lucas.