Chief Scout Executive

The Chief Scout Executive is the top professional of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In most similar non-profit organizations, this is equivalent to the position of CEO,[1] national executive director or secretary general. [2]

Chief Scout Executive
OwnerBoy Scouts of America
CreatedNovember 28, 1911

The position is currently held by Roger Mosby, who is titled President and CEO, as he is not a professional Scouter. Mosby's position was announced on December 29, 2019 and succeeded Michael B. Surbaugh.[3]

This position should not be confused with the position of Chief Scout. Many National Scout associations still use this position; however, it is always for a volunteer position, not a paid one. In the BSA, only three people (Ernest Thompson Seton, James E. West and Elbert K. Fretwell) have held the position of Chief Scout, which is separate and distinct from the position of CSE.[4]

History

Edgar M. Robinson was the YMCA's first International Secretary for Boys' Work and had written an article in the national YMCA's magazine praising the Scouting program in use at many YMCA's in the country. He saw the need to help William D. Boyce with the organization of the BSA, met with Boyce on May 3, 1910, and agreed to help Boyce organize the BSA national leadership at its June meeting. He recommended John Alexander, another YMCA executive, be appointed the managing secretary, and Alexander served in that role from June until the end of the year, when the national executive board appointed James E. West to that position, effective January 1911. West took on the position initially for a sixth month period, settled into the role, and assumed the new position of Chief Scout Executive by agreement with the board in November 1911.

There have been 13 men who have served in the position of Chief Scout Executive during the long history of the BSA. All other professional Scouters and employees of the National Council BSA work under the direction of the Chief Scout Executive.

Over the history of the BSA, the sitting Chief Scout Executive has during some periods appointed a Deputy Chief Scout Executive and/or one or more Assistant Chief Scouts Executive. In most cases, these men reported directly to the CSE, but in some cases, an assistant CSE worked under the direction of the Deputy CSE. Although the Deputy CSE has normally been considered the "right hand" person to the Chief Scout Executive, there is not an automatic succession to the top position, which has been filled by appointment by a committee of the national executive board on each occasion that a new Chief Scout Executive was needed.

List of Chief Scout Executives
Chief Scout Executives
NumberNameStartEndEagle ScoutDESASilver BuffaloOA DSABronze Wolf
1James E. West1911194319261940
2Elbert K. Fretwell194319481938
3Arthur A. Schuck19481960195019421960
4Joseph A. Brunton, Jr.1960196719181969197319461967
5Alden G. Barber196719761933196919751975[5]
6Harvey L. Price19761979192919771977
7James L. Tarr197919841935197919791983
8Ben H. Love1985199319861990[6]
9Jere B. Ratcliffe199320001955199119981997[7]
10Roy Williams200020072000
11Bob Mazzuca2007201219642009
12Wayne Brock2012201519652009
13Michael B. Surbaugh20152019197620172018
-Roger Mosby (as President & CEO)[8]2019

Deputy Chief Scout Executives
Deputy Chief Scout Executives
StartEndName
19191943George J. Fisher
19431944Perry A. Lint
19451960Pliny Hunnicut Powers
1980s??M. Gene Cruse[9]
1992?Ronald Moranville[10]
19962000C. Michael Hoover Jr.[11]
20092012Wayne Brock
20132015Gary Butler[12]
2017?Patrick Sterrett[13]

List of Assistant Chief Scouts Executive
Assistant Chief Scouts Executive
StartEndName
19311943Arthur A. Schuck
19511952James P. Fitch[14]
19571962Charles M. Heistand[14][15]
1961?Robert L. Billington
19631968Marsh M. Ammerman[16][17]
1970?Marshall Monroe[18]
19992006David J. Ross II[19][20][21][22]
20012006Kenneth Connelly[23]
20062007Bob Mazzuca,[24] was promoted to Chief Scout Executive
20062011James Terry[25]
20062009Wayne Brock,[26] was promoted to Deputy Chief Scout Executive
20102013Gary Butler, was promoted to Deputy Chief Scout Executive
20102019Brad Farmer
20112015Alf Tuggle
20172020Mark Logemann (National Director of Support Services)
2017presentPatrick Sterrett (National Director of Field Service)[27]
2017presentAl Lambert (National Director of Outdoor Adventures) [28]
2019presentJohn Mosby[29]

See also
  • "Scouting Founders". BSA. Archived from the original on March 3, 2008.

References
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