{{Short description|14th Chief Scout Executive}} {{Use American English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Roger C. Mosby | image = File:Roger_Mosby.jpg | image_size = | caption = Mosby in 2022 | office = 14th Chief Scout Executive | term_start = December 29, 2019 | term_end = November 8, 2023 | predecessor = Michael B. Surbaugh | successor = Roger Krone | birth_name = | birth_date = 1947 | birth_place = Cape Girardeau, Missouri, US | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | education = Southeast Missouri State University | known_for = | salary = | height = | weight = | boards = | spouse = | children = | parents = | relatives = | website = | signature = | footnotes = | networth = }} '''Roger C. Mosby''' is the former president, CEO, and 14th chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). He was previously vice president of human resources for Kinder Morgan.<ref name = "semissourian">{{Cite web|url=https://www.semissourian.com/story/2658483.html |title= Cape native Roger Mosby selected to lead Boy Scouts of America | date = 2019-12-31 | access-date = 2020-01-02 | first = Jay | last = Wolz | work = Southeast Missourian}}</ref> Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, his parents and family moved to Union County, Illinois, where he attended elementary and high school. He graduated from Shawnee High School in Wolf Lake, Illinois, going on to Southeast Missouri State University earning a Bachelor of Science in 1973.<ref name = "semissourian"/> He was succeeded by Roger Krone, the former CEO of Leidos, on November 8, 2023, months after announcing his intent to retire.
==Background== Bucking practice, the Boy Scouts of America selected Mosby, not a professional Scouter, as their president and CEO.<ref name = "WSJ">{{Cite web |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/boy-scouts-tap-outsider-ceo-to-navigate-legal-crisis-11577726749 |title= Boy Scouts Tap Outsider CEO to Navigate Legal Crisis | work = Wall Street Journal | date = 2019-12-30 | access-date = 2020-01-02 | first = Andrew | last = Scurria}}</ref> He did not bear the title of chief scout executive initially as that title is reserved for commissioned professional Scouters with specific training.<ref name = "BrianOnScouting">{{Cite web |url= https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2020/01/28/getting-to-know-roger-c-mosby-the-new-president-and-ceo-of-the-boy-scouts-of-america |title=Getting to know Roger C. Mosby, the new president and CEO of the Boy Scouts of America | first = Aaron| last = Derr |date = 2020-01-28 | access-date = 2020-01-29}}</ref> At the National Executive Board meeting in May 2021, the board commissioned Mosby, designating him as the 14th chief scout executive of the Boy Scouts of America.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-28|title=Top 12 Key Takeaways from the BSA 2021 National Annual Meeting|url=https://scoutingwire.org/top-12-key-takeaways-from-the-bsa-2021-national-annual-meeting/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=Scouting Wire|language=en-US}}</ref> Though not a Scouting professional, Mosby was a youth member in the Southeast Missouri Council (Cape Girardeau, Missouri) and Egyptian Council (Union County, Illinois), a long-time volunteer in the Mid-America and Sam Houston Area councils.<ref name = "semissourian" /> Mosby has also worked at the regional and national levels of the BSA.<ref name = "CVD">{{Cite web |url= https://www.cachevalleydaily.com/news/archive/2019/12/30/bsa-names-mosby-as-new-ceo |title= BSA names Mosby as new CEO | first =Rod | last = Boam | date = 2019-12-30 | access-date = 2020-01-02 | work = Cache Valley Daily}}</ref> He has also volunteered with the World Organization of the Scout Movement.<ref name = "CVD"/>
Before his selection as president and CEO, he ran his own consulting firm after retiring as an energy industry executive.<ref name = "WSJ"/>
==Awards== Mosby has been recognized with the following awards: Bronze Wolf Award (the highest award in World Scouting),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bronze Wolf awarded to Malcolm Tan, Peter Blatch and Roger Mosby for lifetime of service to Scouting|url=https://www.scout.org/bronze-wolf-award-tan-blatch-mosby|access-date=2021-12-17|website=www.scout.org|language=en}}</ref> Silver Beaver Award, Silver Antelope Award, the St. George Emblem of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting, and the Vigil Honor of the Order of the Arrow.<ref name = "SNR">{{Cite web|url=https://www.scoutingnewsroom.org/press-releases/boy-scouts-of-america-names-roger-c-mosby-as-new-ceo-and-president |title=Boy Scouts of America Names Roger C. Mosby as New CEO and President|website=Scouting Newsroom | date = 2019-12-30 | access-date = 2020-01-02}}</ref>
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==External links == * {{cite web | url= https://www.scouting.org/resources/los/positions | title = Position Definitions | accessdate = 2019-11-09 | website= Boy Scouts of America }} * {{cite web | url= https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2021/06/23/roger-c-mosby-becomes-the-bsas-14th-chief-scout-executive | title = Roger C. Mosby becomes the BSA’s 14th Chief Scout Executive | date = 2021-06-23 | website= Bryan on Scouting | publisher = Scouting Magazine}} * {{cite news |last1=Wendell |first1=Bryan |title=Roger C. Mosby becomes the BSA’s 14th Chief Scout Executive |url=https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2021/06/23/roger-c-mosby-becomes-the-bsas-14th-chief-scout-executive |work=Bryan on Scouting |publisher=Scouting Magazine |date=2021-06-23}}
{{S-start}} {{S-npo|bsa}} {{S-bef | before = Michael Surbaugh }} {{S-ttl | title = Chief Scout Executive | years = 2019-present }} {{S-inc }} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mosby, Roger}} Category:Southeast Missouri State University alumni Category:Living people Category:1951 births Category:People from Cape Girardeau, Missouri Category:People from Union County, Illinois Category:Chief scout executives Category:Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award