Bob J. Nash

Bob J. Nash serves as a Senior Advisor with James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a public safety, disaster mitigation, continuity of operations, and emergency management firm. Mr. Nash has a wealth of experience in creating solutions and addressing challenges across a wide range of government and business operations. During the 2008 Presidential Primaries, he was deputy campaign manager for the Hillary Clinton for President Campaign. Previously, Mr. Nash was vice chairman of the ShoreBank Corporation, America's first community development and environmental bank holding company. During the Clinton Administration, Nash served as Under Secretary of Rural & Community Development at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and later Assistant to the President & White House Director of Presidential Personnel.

Nash has been a board member or officer for numerous boards and commissions. Among them, he was vice president of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation where his work focused on community and economic development grant making. He currently serves on the boards of the Illinois Medical District Commission, the Environmental Law and Policy Center in Chicago as well as the board of Jobs for the Future, Incorporated in Boston.
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