A real estate investor and developer, Rob currently serves as President of Nehemiah Development Company, Inc. He has founded and managed multiple real estate investment entities for close to twenty-five years with a particular passion and interest in community revitalization and economic development. His real estate development experience includes adaptive reuse, in-fill development, commercial, residential, and industrial real estate projects, where he has acquired, repurposed, developed or leased over one million square feet in the Mid-Atlantic, Southern and Mid-Western regions of the United States.
Rob served as a County Commissioner in the County of Bucks from February 3, 2011 until Jan 6, 2020. He was first elected in 2011, re-elected to a second term in 2015 and served as Chairman from 2012 to 2016 and again in 2018 & 2019. Rob actively led the efforts to reorganize the county’s housing, economic and community development departments that helped leverage new investment in municipalities, as well as improved access for affordable housing. These efforts were recognized by PA Department of Community & Economic Development with the receipt of the 2018 Governors Award for Local Government Excellence.
Rob currently serves on numerous private boards and public authorities including the Board of Citizens & Northern Bank, Grand View Health, Peddlers Village, Inc., and the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency. He was the Chairman of the Bucks County Retirement Board, where he oversaw an $800 million pension fund and served on the Delaware Valley Regional Finance Authority from 2012-2018.
A 1987 graduate of Central Bucks East High School, Rob earned a BA in Policy and Management Studies from Dickinson College in 1991. Following graduation, he was commissioned an officer in the U.S. Army Reserves. A resident of Bedminster Township, he and his wife, Kathy, have three daughters – Grace, Evelyn and Amelia. Rob is an active member of his church and enjoys several leadership and service opportunities in various ministry capacities in his church and community.
