Tobias "Tobi" Nussbaum[2] (born c. 1969)[3] is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Capital Commission, a federal crown corporation that acts as the long-term planner of federal lands and principal steward of nationally significant public places, amounting to 12 percent of the landmass of the National Capital Region and including Gatineau Park, the Greenbelt and Canada's Official Residences.
He then worked as Chief of Staff to Robert Fowler, Canada's Sherpa to the 2002 G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.
[9] In 2010, he was appointed Director General of Strategic Policy at the then Canadian International Development Agency (since merged with Global Affairs Canada).
[11] In 2014, Nussbaum took a leave of absence from the Canadian Foreign Service to run against Peter Clark, the incumbent Councillor for Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward,[12] whom he beat, attaining almost 50 percent of the vote.
[15] He ran for re-election in the 2018 Ottawa Municipal Election and won with over 80 percent of the vote, before leaving to head up the National Capital Commission.