Robert Boik

Robert Boik brings decades of senior public sector leadership to his role as Senior Vice President of Public Safety. He most recently served with the Chicago Police Department, the second largest police department in the nation, where he held the position of Executive Director for Constitutional Policing and Reform.

In that role, Robert led a team of more than 500 staff and directed the implementation of sweeping department reforms to bring CPD into compliance with the most extensive consent decree in the country. He spearheaded the development of the Roadmap for Operational Compliance, a strategic plan and performance management framework designed to drive lasting cultural change throughout the department. Under his leadership, CPD achieved a 790% increase in consent decree compliance over a two-year period, growing from 48 paragraphs in compliance to 427 by the time he left the department.

Robert also served as Chief of Staff to three different CPD Superintendents, where he negotiated the department's consent decree with the Illinois Attorney General's Office. He built the operational backbone essential to CPD's reform efforts, establishing dedicated teams for strategy, project management, data analytics, and auditing. He also led development of several critical department policies, including those governing use of force, Fourth Amendment stops, and foot pursuits.

Before his tenure at CPD, Robert built a career in education policy, serving as Chief of Staff for Operations at Chicago Public Schools, Chief of Staff to the State Receiver overseeing Detroit Public Schools, and Chief of Staff to the State Superintendent of Education in Washington, D.C.

Robert holds a Master's degree in Public Policy from George Mason University, where he was a Bryce Harlow Foundation Fellow, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Western Michigan University. He and his wife, Nicole, live in the City of Chicago and are proud parents of two children.