Robert Lewis Jr. is the newly appointed Vice President for Program at The Boston Foundation.  Robert is a seasoned civic, community and nonprofit leader, most recently serving as Executive Director of the Boston Centers for Youth and Families, the City of Boston’s largest youth and human service agency. He is a former President and Executive Director of the National Conference for Community and Justice in Boston, which runs LeadBoston, one of the city’s premier executive leadership programs. Prior to that, Lewis was Senior Vice President of City Year’s national operation and Executive Director of City Year Boston. He has deep experience with grassroots community organizations in Boston as a former Director of Community Initiatives for the Boston Housing Authority, a Director of the Streetworkers Program for the Boston Community Centers, and a Youth Program Manager with Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion.

Lewis has been widely honored for his commitment to Boston and to the youth of the city. He was appointed to a life term as Board Chair of South End Baseball in 1998 in recognition of his service to that sports organization and its impact on city youth. He serves on a number of area boards, including the Boston Private Industry Council’s Community Advisory Board; the Children’s Hospital Community Advisory Board; the Pine Street Inn’s Board of Directors; and the Oversight Committee of the Black Ministerial Alliance.

Lewis lives in the Roslindale section of Boston with his wife and two children.