Lmichael Green Email & Phone Number

Virtual

United States

Management consulting services with focus on strategy, organizational management, marketing and fund development.

Brooklyn, New York, United States

I am responsible for directing the organization's fundraising activities and raising the resources needed to implements the organization's array of programs that strives to make surgical care as safe as possible globally. Lifebox is proudly supported by Individual donors, family foundations and a cadre of globally respected Foundations focused on improving health systems and patient care globally. To learn more about how you can support Lifebox, contact me at LMichael.Green@Lifebox.org.Five billion people lack access to safe, affordable, and effective surgery. In parts of the world, the risk of death following surgery can be 22 times higher than in a high-income country. Our programs work across three core pillars of Safer Surgery – improving anesthesia safety, reducing surgical infection rates, and strengthening surgical teamwork. By working alongside local partners, we provide the training and tools needed to save lives through safer surgery. All of our work is rooted in the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist – a simple communication tool that has been proven to reduce complications and deaths from unsafe surgery by up to 40%.

Oakland, California, United States

Provide strategic direction and operational support to the organization. Food First works to highlight the inequities in the food system which lead to hunger, food insecurity and poverty. The organization assesses food justice issues both in the US and globally. Food First seeks to identify issues and recommend solutions in order to facilitate the changes needed to increase the access and affordability of nutritious food to all communities. Food First addresses inequities throughout the entire food system. From independent farmers with a particular focus on BIPOC farmer needs, to food production workers, all they way to local communities, particularly low income minority communities where access to healthy and nutritious food is often limited and more that a low resource family can afford. These are the issues that lead to food insecurity.

Smyrna, Georgia, United States

Led grass roots campaign to secure passage of Cobb County SPLOST V 1 cent sales tax initiative. Supported measure to aid in effort to garner the funding needed for Campbell High expansion and renovation. After SPLOST V was passed, as Campbell High School Council Chair, I negotiated and secured the incremental funding needed to address overcrowding at Campbell High. In total $40 mil was secured for facility expansion and renovation.

Washington D.C.

Directed effort to secure funds needed to build scientific Centers of Excellence throughout Africa. Collaborated with program staff on submission of various proposals including submissions to USAID and to various corporate partners. Oversaw organization's individual giving fundraising program.Left position to address family health emergency (condition now stable).

Silver Spring, Md

Led fundraising effort required to implement $100+ mil HIV prevention Phase III research study. Secured $47M over 2 year period from USAID and numerous European governments, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other donors. Pending proposals at end of tenure totaled additional $161M (May 2013). Directed fundraising staff in Brussels, Belgium and the US. Resource Development team and my position eliminated as part of organizational cost containment restructuring in May 2013.

Launched consulting practice to help organizations find strategic solutions to business challenges. Advised on best ways to address management issues, create impactful marketing solutions and increase revenue.

Led fundraising and field marketing staff for the thirteen county metro Atlanta region. Total annual revenue $109 million. First to serve in new integrated leadership position designed to lead organizational transformation and expanded unrestricted revenue streams. Assisted in development of new social networking strategy. Executive team member.Fundraising – Led donor relationship with The Coca-Cola Company, UWMA's fifth largest annual corporate donor. Raised nearly $3 million, the largest annual campaign amount from Coca-Cola corporate and its employees.Strategy - Co-chaired volunteer committee tasked with identifying new ways to increase UWMA’s unrestricted contributions. Plan was presented to and endorsed by the UWMA Board.

Led all facets of Africare’s fundraising and marketing activities to individuals, corporations and foundations. First person selected for this new leadership role. Executive team member.Fundraising – Managed cultivation of major donors, associations, corporations and foundations. Generated increases in all fundraising measures, total revenue +33% and unrestricted revenue +11%. Increased current active donor pool +79%. Created detailed revenue reporting system. Assisted program team in securing Gates Foundation grant to help orphans in the Democratic Republic of Congo.Strategy - Gained board approval for new donor engagement strategy which integrated marketing, communication and fundraising activities resulting in an expanded donor base and incremental revenue. Marketing – Expanded visibility of Africare's Bishop Walker Dinner, the largest annual fundraiser for Africa ($1 million+ each year), by securing live broadcast of the 2005 dinner on C-SPAN. Developed regional events to expand awareness of Africare in markets outside of Washington, DC. Directed development of all Africare publications including each year's annual report.

Established, staffed and led new strategic function to provide business analysis and decision-making capabilities to CARE's external relations (fundraising) division. Division senior management team.Strategy/ Process Improvement - Led the division's annual strategic business and revenue planning process. Worked with Board fundraising committee to assess fundraising program effectiveness. Created analytical management tools to improve revenue projection, tracking and reporting.

Directed Corporate Marketing, CARE's fledgling website, special events and PSA placement.Innovation - Led CARE's online fundraising activities (raised nearly $1 million). This online revenue success served as a model for nonprofit fundraising and was featured in various media publications. CARE's website traffic was expanded by creating "virtual field trips" which used engaging photos and travel diary style text to introduce site visitors to the people CARE's programs assisted around the world.

Continued as Director of Marketing while also serving in this acting VP role. Fundraising Initiatives - Raised over $3.5 million for Kosovo response through alliance with Sony Music. Sony produced and sold a commemorative CD with majority of proceeds going to CARE. Led development of emergency fundraising programs for Kosovo (humanitarian assistance during genocide) and Gujarat, India (reconstruction after massive earthquake). Marketing Management - Led design, development and production of annual reports, newsletters, videos, public service ads and the web to engage donors and generate incremental revenue.

Developed cause marketing and licensing programs to generate funds and increase visibility. Fundraising – Secured multi-year funding for CARE as an original charity member in Delta Air Lines new Skywish Program. Created integrated marketing tie-in programs with Starbucks Coffee Company, Westin Hotels and others. Raised nearly $1 million unrestricted annually via CARE licensed home furnishings relationships. In-house consulting - Advised CARE fundraisers on strategies for developing "win-win" partnerships with corporations. Joined fundraisers on corporate donor visits and pitched corporations on cause marketing programs.

Marketing Services agency formed by Coors. Transferred from Denver to Atlanta to lead staff in three offices positioned to support the marketing, event and media needs of the 147 Coors distributors in a 14 state region.Marketing Services Program Management - Oversaw management of $36 million regional marketing program budget and $8 million in radio, cable TV and outdoor media placement.

Directed staff in the development of all national/ regional promotions and supporting collateral material. Annually created 19 national and 350 regional promotions with $54 million budget.Marketing Services Program Innovation - Instituted integrated marketing approach to promotion development process. Incorporated advertising, licensing and other elements into design of each promotion for greater retail impact and sales. Created regional promotion design group.

Responsible for leading new corporate marketing outreach to African American consumers. Marketing Management - Led development of all marketing materials targeting African American consumers. Secured bottler funding to support design of extensions to Pepsi's national marketing programs. Media spokesman for all Pepsi African American marketing activities.

Mba, Marketing And Finance

Activities and Societies: President, Black MBA Organization Student Representative, Admissions Committee

Ba, Government And Economics

Activities and Societies: Member, Adjudication Council Student Representative, Admissions Committee