Joe Wheeler Email & Phone Number

California, United States

California, United States

From launching a philanthropic foundation to creating a corporate volunteer program and anything in-between, I’m here to help. Please get in touch to book a meeting.

Eugene, OR, US

• Courses taught:
• Impact Philanthropy (Masters and undergraduate)
• Advocacy and Social Change
• Introduction to the Nonprofit Sector
• Introduction to Public Policy
• Environmental Policy (Masters and undergraduate)

Menlo Park, California, US

• Built the first book of business for WhatsApp Civic Engagement (public health, crisis response, climate, social welfare, civic integrity).
• Led the rollout of the White House and CDC's WhatsApp chat for COVID-19 vaccines, which has sent hundreds of thousands of vaccine messages to the Spanish-speaking population in the US.
• Facilitated emergency evacuation messaging via WhatsApp to support hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan and Ukraine.
• Managed active partnerships with the American federal government, Canadian government, the United Nations, the International Rescue Committee, CARE International, Johns Hopkins University, and dozens of other.

New York, NY, US

• Led partnerships for the digital transformation of UNDP, the United Nations' global sustainable development organization working across 170 countries globally with more than 17,000 staff.
• Initiated global partnerships with organizations including Google, World Bank, DIAL, Facebook, Github, WEF, Salesforce, and 100+ others
• Led partnership COVID-19 recovery efforts including $1.5M ad grants program with Google
• Negotiated low bono agreements to save the organization $300k+
• Contributed 8+ thought leadership pieces and original processes
• Managed relationships and ongoing engagements with 16+ bureaus across UNDP

London, England, GB

• Partnered with 9 national Ministries of Health to prevent 5.3M childhood pneumonia-caused deaths over the next 10 years.
• Managed finances for the childhood pneumonia team.
• Recognized by my supervisor as one of the most effective staff members he has ever worked with.

San Francisco, California, US

• Managed the creation of the Dropbox Foundation, a $20M global organization supporting human rights initiatives.
• First Social Impact person at Dropbox and built the function.
• Created "Dropbox for Good" program, which has since:
• Donated $5M collectively in employee donations over the past 4 years.
• Established Dropbox for Good chapters in 13 global offices.
• Donated 25,000 provisioned licenses to nonprofits.

San Francisco, California, US

• Created and managed Dropbox for Good programs, meetings, volunteer events, and company policies.
• Executed a comprehensive CSR program including corporate donation budgeting and process, volunteer time off, in-kind donations, and employee engagement.
• Managed relationships with partner nonprofits.
• Managed gift-matching vendor relationship.
• Worked with Dropbox's Accessibility Working Group.

San Francisco, California, US

• Full-cycle recruited for Legal, Communications and Admin teams.
• Hit 100% hiring targets in Q1 of 2015.
• Partnered with hiring managers to write requisitions and panels for several roles.
• Led on-boarding sessions for new Recruiting Coordinators.

San Francisco, California, US

• In 2014, helped grow the Recruiting team from 31 to 54 team members (74% growth).
• In 2014, helped grow the People Operations team from 6 to 19 team members (217% growth).
• Full-cycle recruited for the People Operations, Recruiting, Front Desk and Strategic Finance roles with 100% acceptance rate.
• Supported 9 different hiring teams at Dropbox (Legal, Communications, Internal Communications, Office, Administration, Recruiting, People Operations, Strategic Finance and Executive).
• Co-started and managed "Dropbox for Good,"​ a philanthropic organization with over 400 members that meets weekly to plan volunteer events and set up sponsorship for local nonprofits.
• Planned and executed musical performances to celebrate Dropbox's accomplishments at 3 all-company meetings.

Washington, District Of Columbia, US

• Developed the English skills of approximately 350 students in 16 different classes at a vocational training college to help them meet their professional needs over the course of 76 weeks.
• Through methodology workshops and advanced grammar lessons, built the capacity of 30+ Mongolian teachers in the community to further their teaching skills and career goals.
• Conducted community needs assessments before planning and implementing several community development projects including: distributing an alcohol awareness video to 4 TV stations and 5 schools, conducting a music.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Nonprofit, Philanthropic, And Social Enterprise

Master Of Public Administration - Mpa, Social Impact

Bachelor'S Degree, Politics