Michael Adams Email & Phone Number

Omaha, NE, US

Metro Housing Collaborative (MHC) is an arm of ReImagine, a three-county agency devoted to ending homelessness in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. My role as a Housing Navigator is to find affordable housing for the low-income and underserved in the community by continuously innovating programs to identify and expand affordable housing availability.

I have been invited to participate as a volunteer advisor to this important program to address and innovate solutions to Nebraska's affordable housing shortage challege. NIFA, together with the Nebraska Department of Economic Development, have identified the shortage of affordable housing as an impedment to economic growth in the State. So, it is a time.

Omaha, NE, US

I worked with the homeless, landlords, property managers, and case managers to identify and provide affordable housing and financial support for the homeless and underserved in Eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. Heartland Family Services is the largest nonprofit homeless service agency in the region. The Company is a key partner in the Continuum of Care.

• Nebraska World Affairs Council is a nonprofit, dedicated to creating pathways to enable students, young professionals, and community leaders to become competent, globally-aware citizens to thrive in this complex.
• Built a talented and diverse Board of Directors comprised of academics, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.
• Built a successful guest speaker, social media program, and over 12 key partnerships with leading nonprofits.

US

Siena Francis House is the largest homeless shelter and service organization in Nebraska. with lodging, food, clothing, and counseling support for over 300 people. They have built a small house village of 50 single-family homes, for transitioning the homeless on their way to full independence. They are the only homeless shelter organization that accepts.

• Responsible for leading a group of over 90 winery and vineyard owners and managers in developing a strategic marketing plan, project management, budget and initiatives to build the AVA brand, drive winery visitation.
• Drove the process for creating a new website (RFP - needs design, proposal assessment, vendor management. Worked on successful grant proposal for video marketing to support the new website.
• Developed a successful pitch model for travel writers with a three-day site research visit for them.

Salem, OR, US

• I have been fortunate to be recruited to develop a new degree program, AAS in Wine Business, at Chemeketa Community College. Chemeketa is one of the few Colleges in the Northwestern US with complimentary degree.
• Created innovative training method called “Micro-Tasks and Micro-Skills.”
• 100% of my enrolled students secured industry jobs within three months.

• SBDC is a new joint venture between the US Small Business Administration and California State University at Monterey Bay. The focus is to facilitate profitable growth for small businesses in the Northern Central Coast.
• Developed and taught successful new workshops to help clients achieve their goals
• Frequently led the team in client funding acquisition from banks and investors

Public Leadership

Affordable Housing Virtual Program

Healthy, Sustainable, Affordable Housing

Master'S Degree, Environmental Impact Assessment

Mba, Wine & Ag Business

Certificate, Fundraising Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Spanish And Latin American Business Studies