Bolbach was elected as Moderator on July 3, 2010, from a field of six candidates.
[2] Of the candidates, Bolbach was the only Elder and the only one to express unqualified support for same-sex marriage.
Bruce Reyes-Chow and ended her term as moderator upon election of her successor, Rev.
[2] In addition to her duties as Moderator, Bolbach was a lawyer and legal publishing company executive in Washington, D.C. She was also one of the co-moderators of the new Form of Government (the Constitution) Task Force of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Bolbach died peacefully on December 12, 2012, after a year-long battle with cancer.