Robert Mosbacher, Jr.
Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr. is the former president and CEO of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). OPIC is an independent agency of the United States Government that supports private capital investment in emerging markets around the world. OPIC currently operates in 155 countries and has over $14 billion in commitments.
From 1986 to 2005, Mr. Mosbacher was President and CEO of Mosbacher Energy Company of Houston, Texas, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company. He was also Vice Chairman of Mosbacher Power Group, an independent electric power developer, which began in 1995, and was sold in 2003. Mr. Mosbacher recently joined the Board of Calpine Corporation, the largest independent power company in the United States. He also rejoined the Board of Devon Energy Company, a large, independent gas and oil developer. He also serves on the Boards of the Initiative for Global Development, CHF International, and the Americas Society.
Mr. Mosbacher was Chairman of the Board of the Greater Houston Partnership in 2004, a private, nonprofit organization that serves as the city’s chamber of commerce. He also served as Chairman of the Partnership’s Health Care Advisory Committee, and Chairman of its Education & Workforce Advisory Committee.
Mr. Mosbacher has also served as Chairman of the Board of the Methodist Hospital, the Salvation Army, and the Greater Houston Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. He is founder and former co-Chairman of Rebuilding Together Houston (formerly PSI HomeSavers). He also served on the Board of South Texas College of Law.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Mosbacher helped launch the Reagan Administration’s Private Sector Initiatives Program, and he was appointed by President Reagan to three successive Presidential Task Forces on Private Sector Initiatives during the 1980s. He served on the Board of the Texas Department of Human Services from 1987 to 1991, and as its Chairman from 1989-1991. During the 1970s, he worked for over 7 years on the staff of Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee.
Mr. Mosbacher received a law degree in 1977 from Southern Methodist University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University in 1973.
