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Robert M. (Bob) Grom is a results-oriented, energetic leader with extensive experience in nonprofit executive management, communications, and resource development supporting community, economic and workforce development initiatives and health priorities. He has a well-established track record of forging productive relationships with donors, constituents, organizations, and government agencies. Grom currently serves as a consultant and advisor to a range of nonprofit organizations.
Recently Grom served as Vice President of External Affairs at Melwood, an $80+MM Maryland-based 501(c)(3) serving individuals with disabilities. He was responsible for the creation and execution of marketing, communications, fund development, and government relations strategies that promoted and supported Melwood. Grom also helped found and launch a nationally recognized intervention program for veterans and active duty military personnel who were dealing with post-traumatic stress and other deployment-related traumas.
Before joining Melwood, Grom worked with the University of Pittsburgh’s Early Childhood Partnerships, Office of Child Development as a strategic development consultant, and with the Washington, D.C.-based DC Cancer Consortium. At the Consortium, Grom served as Deputy Director and Chief Development Officer and was responsible for creating a comprehensive fundraising program with an integrated grant-making agenda.
Prior to joining the Consortium he served for 15 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Health Foundation, Inc., a community foundation based in Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Mon Valley area, home to some of that state’s most economically distressed communities. During his leadership of Heritage, the organization interpreted “health” in the broadest sense, recognizing that physical and emotional health is intertwined with economic, educational, environmental, and other factors. The organization created, funded, and managed a comprehensive range of productive, cost-effective initiatives in areas including health, education, transportation, human capital development, recreation, safety, substance abuse recovery, the arts, public spaces, and community and economic development.
Grom joined Heritage in 1994 when it was the development division of Braddock Medical Center. As its first Executive Director, he created and implemented a development program that in five years grew Foundation assets from $6.6 million to more than $11 million while providing more than $5.5 million in capital and program assistance to the hospital. When the Medical Center merged with UPMC Health System in 1996, Grom directed the transformation (conversion) of the Foundation into a freestanding community-based organization. Between 1996 and 2010 the Foundation raised almost $55 million in private donations and government grants.
From 1981 until 1992, Grom was with The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. In 1989 he began consulting for the hospital’s foundation, and in 1992 he assumed a full-time position with the West Penn Hospital Foundation as Vice President of Development.
A frequent presenter, author, and consultant, Grom has served as a volunteer leader for many local and regional community organizations. A Pittsburgh native, Grom is a graduate of Edinboro University (PA). He and his wife reside in The Villages, Florida.
Recently Grom served as Vice President of External Affairs at Melwood, an $80+MM Maryland-based 501(c)(3) serving individuals with disabilities. He was responsible for the creation and execution of marketing, communications, fund development, and government relations strategies that promoted and supported Melwood. Grom also helped found and launch a nationally recognized intervention program for veterans and active duty military personnel who were dealing with post-traumatic stress and other deployment-related traumas.
Before joining Melwood, Grom worked with the University of Pittsburgh’s Early Childhood Partnerships, Office of Child Development as a strategic development consultant, and with the Washington, D.C.-based DC Cancer Consortium. At the Consortium, Grom served as Deputy Director and Chief Development Officer and was responsible for creating a comprehensive fundraising program with an integrated grant-making agenda.
Prior to joining the Consortium he served for 15 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of Heritage Health Foundation, Inc., a community foundation based in Southwestern Pennsylvania’s Mon Valley area, home to some of that state’s most economically distressed communities. During his leadership of Heritage, the organization interpreted “health” in the broadest sense, recognizing that physical and emotional health is intertwined with economic, educational, environmental, and other factors. The organization created, funded, and managed a comprehensive range of productive, cost-effective initiatives in areas including health, education, transportation, human capital development, recreation, safety, substance abuse recovery, the arts, public spaces, and community and economic development.
Grom joined Heritage in 1994 when it was the development division of Braddock Medical Center. As its first Executive Director, he created and implemented a development program that in five years grew Foundation assets from $6.6 million to more than $11 million while providing more than $5.5 million in capital and program assistance to the hospital. When the Medical Center merged with UPMC Health System in 1996, Grom directed the transformation (conversion) of the Foundation into a freestanding community-based organization. Between 1996 and 2010 the Foundation raised almost $55 million in private donations and government grants.
From 1981 until 1992, Grom was with The Western Pennsylvania Hospital. In 1989 he began consulting for the hospital’s foundation, and in 1992 he assumed a full-time position with the West Penn Hospital Foundation as Vice President of Development.
A frequent presenter, author, and consultant, Grom has served as a volunteer leader for many local and regional community organizations. A Pittsburgh native, Grom is a graduate of Edinboro University (PA). He and his wife reside in The Villages, Florida.
