2023 Eileen D. Foley Award Recipient

Bob currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Portsmouth Regional Hospital and is a member of the Community Investment Committee for the Foundation of Seacoast Health.

Bob is a founding board member and former chair of HealthCare Gives, a giving circle for Seacoast healthcare professionals which has provided over $300,000 in grants to local nonprofits that support health and wellness on the Seacoast. Bob served on The Music Hall Board of Trustees from 2011-2020 and is a former board chair, also having been a member of the Executive, Governance, Corporate Sponsorship and Executive Director Search Committees. He has recently been a member of the Regional Advisory Board of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.

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Bob has led professional organizations including the New Hampshire Allergy Society and the New England Society of Allergy and is Past-President of both organizations. He has served a five-year term as the physician representative on the NH Air Resources Council, a nine-member, Governor-appointed panel that advises the NH Department of Environmental Services on air quality issues.

Bob remains active at his NH alma mater as the Dartmouth Medical School Class of 1987 Secretary and co-chairs the Reunion Committee.  Bob has also served on the town of New Castle Recreation Committee and the board of The Surf Club of Rye.

Bob moved to the Seacoast after growing up in Buffalo, New York, graduating from Syracuse University, then Dartmouth Medical School. Bob completed his Pediatric Residency at Brown University School of Medicine, where he was also Chief Resident. He then served four years in the U.S. Air Force Medical Corp and obtained the rank of Major. After completing an Allergy/Immunology fellowship at the University of Buffalo School of Medicine. Bob, and his wife Patty, moved to the Seacoast and joined Allergy Associates of NH, the largest allergy/immunology practice in Northern New England, where he is a managing partner. Bob remains a board-certified Allergist/Immunologist and Pediatrician.

Bob is humbled and honored to receive the Eileen Foley Award. Friends Forever International’s mission to educate and empower youth and foster connections across cultural and religious barriers resonates with his lifelong commitment to health and well-being and to the young people who are our future.

Bob resides in New Castle with his wife Patty, the Director of Global Initiatives and English instructor at Phillips Exeter Academy, and has two adult children, Arya and Gavin.