Principal & Founder
Bob Hoyt is one of the founders and principals of EcoLogix Group, where he focuses on helping clients partner with stakeholders to further stewardship, environmental education, environmental justice, and natural resource restoration programs and policies. Bob led the EcoLogix Group team that designed and implemented the highly successful stakeholder strategy that led to the development of the Port of Baltimore’s Masonville Dredged Material Containment Facility and the Masonville Cove Environmental Education Center.
Prior to founding EcoLogix Group in 2002, Bob served as assistant secretary of the Maryland Department of the Environment, senior vice president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, associate professor, Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, PA Campus, and a deputy attorney general for the state of New Jersey. While in these roles, he has served on many boards and committees including the DC Water Board of Directors (chair of the Environmental Committee), Chesapeake Bay Trust Board of Directors, and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Board of Directors.
From 2007-2014, Bob served as director of the Department of Environmental Protection for Montgomery County, Maryland, an agency responsible for developing and implementing the County’s stormwater, air quality, recycling, water quality monitoring and other environmental programs. During Bob’s tenure there, the County had the highest recycling rate in the State, implemented one of nation’s most stringent Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) permit, and created the Montgomery County Green Business certification program.
Rejoining Ecologix Group in 2014, Bob helps clients understand and effectively respond to issues such as environmental justice, cumulative health impacts, or stormwater management by building understanding among the array of stakeholders having diverse perspectives on these matters. Bob currently serves as chair of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE).
Bob’s educational background includes a Juris Doctor from Rutgers University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Princeton University. Bob is an accomplished public speaker with experience in legislative testimony, citizen meetings, and media relations.
When he is not working, Bob enjoys running marathons, swimming, gardening, and sailing. He lives in Big Pool, Maryland with his wife, labradoodle, Portuguese water dog, and cat.
Highly Successful Consensus Builder & Relationship Artist