Biography : Bob linscheid

For the past ten years, Bob Linscheid has been very involved in the marketing and business attraction of companies to Butte County. He has operated his own public relations & marketing consulting firm specializing in business attraction, retention and community relations.

In 1996, Bob joined with several local businessmen in the start-up of the Chico Heat Professional Baseball Club. He served as the Vice President and General Manager for the first two years of the club’s existence. He served as President for the Western Baseball League for three seasons from 1999 to 2001.

His firm also administers several economic development organizations including Butte Economic Partnership, Butte County Economic Development Corporation, Chico Economic Planning Corporation (CEPCO) and TeamChico.

Prior to starting his own company, Bob Linscheid & Associates, he served fourteen years as the Chief Executive Officer of three different chambers of commerce. Seven of those years were as CEO for the Chico Chamber of Commerce.

He received his BA and Masters degree in Public Administration from Chico State University and served a term as Associated Student Body President.

He also is a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management and served a term as chairman of the Board of Regents at the UCLA Institute.

Bob has received numerous service awards including the College of Business Person of the Year, Executive of the Year for the Western Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives and is a Paul Harris Fellow Recipient in Rotary International. He is also a founder of Leadership Chico and served as President of Chico Rotary in 2001-2002.

He is currently District Coordinator for the Polio Eradication Campaign that will raise $600,000 for the eradication this deadly disease.

Bob is the father of four children.