Chief Scout Executive
Robert Mazzuca
Robert “Bob” Mazzuca serves as the Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, headquartered in Irving, Texas.
A native of San Juan Bautista, California, and a graduate of California Polytechnic State University, Bob has served the BSA as a professional since 1971. He assumed his current position in September 2007.
As a youth, he earned the rank of Eagle Scout. For Bob, this was not only an achievement, but it was also a valuable lesson in service, leadership, citizenship, and character development he has used throughout his years in higher education, business, and community service.
Bob began his Scouting career in Modesto, California, as a district executive and Exploring executive. He became the Exploring director in Sacramento in 1975 and served as a field director and director of field service. In 1983, Bob became Scout executive in Stockton, California. In 1987, he advanced to become an area director in the Western Region. He was promoted to Scout executive of the Golden Empire Council in Sacramento in 1988. In 1992, he was named assistant regional director for the Southern Region, and in 1995, Scout executive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In 2005, he was appointed national director, Development Group, and in 2006, he became assistant Chief Scout Executive.
Bob received the Catholic Church’s St. George Award and has been recognized multiple times for his service to the BSA, including being named a James E. West Fellow, Heritage Society member, and a Baden-Powell Fellow. Bob is also a proud recipient of the Allah-o-Akber award presented by the National Islamic Committee on Scouting for outstanding service in promotion of Scouting among Muslim youth, and the Rotary International Cliff Dochterman Award for distinguished and dedicated leadership to both national and international Scouting. In recognition of his extraordinary service and accomplishments, Bob was named a Distinguished Eagle Scout in 2009.
Today, Bob leads the BSA as it builds the character and integrity of America’s youth.
As the 11th Chief Scout Executive, and in partnership with our national officers and board, Bob provides vision and direction to staff members and volunteers including approximately 1,100 National Council employees, 5,800 local council employees, and almost 1.2 million adult volunteers who serve more than 2.7 million youth across the nation .
About the Boy Scouts of America
The Boy Scouts of America provides the nation's foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, which helps young people be "Prepared. For Life.™" The Scouting organization is composed of 2.7 million youth members between the ages of 7 and 21 and more than a million volunteers in local councils throughout the United States and its territories.