Robert J. Mazzuca

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name = Robert J. Mazzuca

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Robert J. Mazzuca (born 1947) is the Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America. He is the eleventh person to hold that position, with his term starting in 2007.

Early life and family

Robert Mazzuca was born in 1947 in San Juan Bautista, California. As a boy, Mazzuca joined Boy Scout Troop 28 (now 428) and earned the rank of Eagle Scout in 1964. While a Scout he attended Camp Pico Blanco of the Monterey Bay Area Council for four summers, including two as staff. Mazzuca was inducted into the Order of the Arrow as a member of Esselen Lodge.

In 1970, Mazzuca received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California. [cite web
url = http://www.calpolynews.calpoly.edu/update/2007/August/alumni-roundup.html
title = Cal Poly Grad is U.S.A.'s Top Boy Scout |accessdate = 2007-08-20]

Mazzuca and his wife Nanette have two sons, one of whom, Vince Mazzuca served as a district executive in the Baltimore Area Council in 2006.

couting career

Mazzuca began his Scouting professional career in 1971 in Modesto, California as a district executive and as an Exploring executive. [cite web |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_519006.html/ |title=Boy Scouts tap local leader for top post|accessdate=2007-07-26 |publisher=Pittsburg Tribune-Review] He became the Exploring director in Sacramento in 1975 and rose to the positions of field director and the director of field service.

In 1983, Mazzuca became the Scout executive in Stockton, California. He later served as an area director in the Western Region before returning to Sacramento as the Scout executive. In 1992 he became the assistant regional director for the Southern Region and in 1995 he became the Scout executive of the Greater Pittsburgh Council. [cite web |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07212/805630-53.stm/ |title=Former Pittsburgher named national head of Boy Scouts |accessdate=2007-07-31 |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]

In 2005, he became the national director of the development group at the National Council and in 2006 became the assistant Chief Scout Executive. Mazzuca succeeded Roy Williams as Chief Scout Executive on September 1, 2007. [cite web
url = http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070829005195&newsLang=en
title = Robert Mazzuca Appointed Chief Scout Executive for the Boy Scouts of America
accessdate = 2007-09-01 |publisher = Business Wire] [cite web |url=http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/04/mazzuca-ceos-leaders-lead-citizen-cx_mk_0904scouts.html |title=Teaching Leadership: Scouts Honor |accessdate=2007-09-05 |date=September 2007 |format=|work=Forbes]

Mazzuca is a lifetime member of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting. [cite web |url=http://www.nccs-bsa.org/ |title=National Catholic Committee on Scouting |accessdate=2007-06-06 |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |date= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= ]

In July 2008 Mazzuca became an honorary chieftain in the Tribe of Mic-O-Say at H. Roe Bartle Scout Reservation.

References

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*cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2008-07-20-boy-scouts-advice_N.htm|title=Advice from the Top: Leaders need Scouts' qualities|date=2008-07-20|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=2008-07-21