Robert Hudek

Bob Hudek has spent 45 years as a front-line organizer, executive director, and campaign director in social change organizations. He compassionately walks side by side with leaders as they tackle transformational change, refine their strategies, and nurture fellow leaders. From 2015 until 2021, he was Senior Coordinator for Organizational Leadership at the Service Employees International Union BOLD Center, where he played key roles in the union’s racial justice and manager leadership initiatives. Prior to joining the staff of the Bold Center, Bob spent nearly five years with SEIU in Wisconsin, where he supervised campaign staff and member leader teams at ground zero in the fight for worker justice against Scott Walker’s attempts to kill public sector unions Bob has been Executive Director of two state level coalitions, was the national field director for Citizen Action and the Citizen/Labor Energy Coalition and helped lead several national issue campaigns. Bob is an executive coach, organizational development expert, trainer, facilitator, and strategic planner with a focus on racial justice. Highly attuned to the daily challenge of maintaining resilience and stability in the face of relentless attacks, Bob became a certified yoga instructor and spearheaded a training program in mindfulness and yoga for organizers.