Michele Robinson

Experience

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  United Way of Northeast Louisiana

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2007

  Vice President of Community Impact

  • Led planning and execution of the Impact Transformation Partnership between United Way of Northeast Louisiana and United Way of America. • Supervised the development and execution of community building initiatives. • Fostered positive relationships between United Way and community partners, agency boards, and other community representatives as community relations representative. • Led the fund distribution process to ensure that between $1.5 and $2 million of donor contributions were aligned with the community goals. • Managed the recruitment and training of fund distribution staff and volunteers.• Managed the daily activities of 2-1-1, community building, and community investment (fund distribution) staff. • Implemented outcomes measures to monitor the progress of departmental and agency efforts. Show less

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  Capital Area United Way

  Jul 2007 - May 2012

  Senior Vice President

  Key Responsibilities: • Foster the development of a common vision among community stakeholders throughout the 10-parish region by - Analyzing current and changing social issues and donor values to determine implications for United Way’s strategic direction. - Providing and sharing research-based information in meaningful ways to gain greater commitment for the transformation to community level change. • Create and implement a plan to achieve desired results in Education, Income and Health by - Defining United Way’s role. - Establishing desired outcomes, objectives, strategies and action steps. - Identifying periodic milestones and plans for data collection.• Frame strategies and outcomes as solutions to community issues by - Working with marketing and resource development departments to help package them as products that can be marketed and linked to community/investor aspirations. - Sharing the vision for accomplishing strategies with community partners and the broader public.• Coordinate Capital Area United Way’s investment of approximately $7 million in the 10-parish region by - Creating and implementing a strategy for investment that reflects a greater commitment to invest in results. - Shifting resources as directed by the Board of Directors to have a specified portion of undesignated funds invested in community level change and identify potential outside sources to leverage United Way investments.• Establish board and staff-level responsibility for engaging with the community by - Formulating United Way’s position on critical public policy issues. - Overseeing the organization of briefings for public officials, legislators, business leaders and the nonprofit sector to inform and shape policy related to priority issues.• Provide leadership for board level and community committees• Participate in budget planning process and provide oversight to the department budget. Show less

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  Michele Robinson LLC

  May 2012 - now

  Principal

  Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation •Process Evaluation for Challenge for a Healthier Louisiana •Strategic Planning for BCBSLAF and Corporate Social Responsibility •Board DevelopmentBoys & Girls Club of Greater Baton Rouge •Board of Trustees Retreat Facilitation -- Fund DevelopmentCASA New Orleans •Board of Directors Development, Strategic Advising and Fund DevelopmentCapital Area United Way •Strategy Development for Community Investment Show less

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  Louisiana Association of United Ways

  Mar 2013 - Apr 2014

  President and CEO
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  Louisiana Tech University

  Apr 2014 - Oct 2023

  • Executive Director for the President's Leadership Initiative at Louisiana Tech University

    Oct 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Executive Director of Alumni Engagement & Regional Development

    Jul 2016 - Oct 2022

  • Director of Development-Major Gifts

    Apr 2014 - Jun 2016
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  Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts Foundation

  Jan 2024 - now

  Executive Director