Bobbie D. Bagley joined the Mayor’s Cabinet as the Director of Public Health and Community Services in March of 2016. She has 25 years of experience in public health with specialty areas of focus on improving public and community health practice, advocating for health equity and policy setting, reducing socio-cultural barriers to health, enhancing population-based health promotion and disease prevention. As the Director of Public Health, Bobbie is responsible for leading the DPHCS in the role of Chief Public Health Strategist to accomplish the goal of protecting, promoting and preserving the health of the City of Nashua.
Bobbie graduated from Montclair State University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Minor in Chemistry. She received Associate’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Rivier College in 1996 and 1997, respectively. She earned a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Social and Behavioral Health, Disease Prevention and Health Promotion from Boston University School of Public Health in 2002. And Bobbie earned a second advanced degree from Rivier University’s Master of Science degree in Nursing Education in 2013. She is currently enrolled in a DrPH Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago to complete a terminal degree in Public Health Leadership.