Michael Seltzer

Michael Seltzer, "Project Director--Michael Seltzer is well known as a pioneer in the field of nonprofit management and philanthropy. Before becoming acting chair of the nonprofit management program at the Milano Graduate School, he served as a program officer for the Ford Foundation, where he was responsible for its efforts to strengthen the nonprofit sector and philanthropy worldwide. In May 1989, he received the first Terry McAdam award from the Nonprofit Management Association for his book, Securing Your Organization's Future, which was published by The Foundation Center in 1987. He is a past president of the Nonprofit Management Association and has been active as a consultant to foundations, corporations and nonprofits since 1974. As a consultant, grantmaker, board member, and past executive director, he has a unique vantage point on the nonprofit and philanthropic field. He has written and spoken extensively on how private philanthropy can be more strategic in its grantmaking."


 * Advisor, Alliance for Nonprofit Management