Robert Gittens

Mr. Gittens has been the executive director of Bridges Homeward since 2016. From 2003 until 2016, Mr. Gittens was the vice president for public affairs at Northeastern University. He also served as cabinet secretary of the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2003 and was commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) from 1997 to 2001. He was first assistant district attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office from 1992 to 1997 and chairman of the Massachusetts Parole Board from 1990 to 1992. Mr. Gittens has played a distinguished role in the community as chairman of the Massachusetts Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee and member of the Governor’s Youth Violence Task Force. He has served as a board member of numerous organizations, including Judge Baker Children’s Center, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and Goodwill Industries.

Mr. Gittens holds a J.D. degree from Northeastern University School of Law and a B.A. in Political Science from Northeastern.