Bobbi Watt Geer "Improving Lives by Mobilizing the Caring Power of Community"
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Francis Hesselbein Lecture Series
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
340 Hillman Library
Archives & Special Collections Instruction Room, Third Floor
Bobbi Watt Geer, Ph.D. (GSPIA '09) is President & CEO of United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania and has had a more than 35-year career in the nonprofit sector. Bobbi served in a variety of leadership positions within United Way, including Senior Vice President of Administration and CEO of the former United Way of Westmorland County. She also served as the president of The Community Foundation of Westmoreland County. Earlier in her career she held several other nonprofit fundraising and program management positions.
Bobbi earned a doctorial degree in public administration and public policy from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and her master's degree in nonprofit management from Robert Morris University, as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
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