Experience

Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Joined the Foundation as its third Executive Director seven weeks before Covid shelter from home orders were issued. Transitioned Foundation to immediately focus on pandemic response for local community in partnership with local governments, nonprofits, major corporations, and existing and new donors. Joined the Foundation as its third Executive Director seven weeks before Covid shelter from home orders were issued. Transitioned Foundation to immediately focus on pandemic response for local community in partnership with local governments, nonprofits, major corporations, and existing and new donors.



Richard Levin & Associates

• Leadership Coach and Organizational Consultant, Nonprofit Division

  • 2017 - Jan 2020

  Working with a team of five associates to determine a health care organization’s prospects for strategic growth. Specific responsibilities include: • Review and redesign succession plans for both executive and board levels.• Survey 39 mid-level staff members on their involvement in strategic visioning and growth, professional development, internal communication, and promotion opportunities.• Review and analyze client documentation including policies, procedures, and governance documents.• Facilitate development of a strategic plan.



Firelight Foundation

• United States
• Individual and Family Services

• Special Advisor to the Executive Director

  • Nov 2015 - Dec 2016

  Advise and support Executive Director of foundation investing in local community solutions in five Sub-Saharan African nations. Overall project includes strategic program review, board development, personnel assessment and hiring, communication assessment, data and evaluation analysis, and donor cultivation and fundraising.• Collaborate with Executive Director to strategically assess foundation’s prior work and results, and refocus its intended future impact. • Develop strategic concept paper to refocus foundation to address system change.• Assess current personnel capacity and define future personnel needs and structure in the United States and in Africa. • Research appropriate compensation and benefits structure for international employee hires. • Assist in hiring and orientation of at least three Africa-based personnel.• Develop new Board recruitment and orientation materials. • Assist Executive Director on building a bi-continental board of directors and a separate international advisory committee.• Review and assess past individual donor cultivation efforts and design new fundraising plan to engage existing and prospective individual donors.• Review current communications approach and recommend changes to better present the foundation’s efforts. • Collaborate with foundation staff in analyzing and presenting outcome and evaluation data.



Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Director of Community Impact and Innovations

  • Aug 2011 - Jun 2015

  Supervised and managed department of twenty-one personnel in the Bay Area and Israel that oversaw $14.5 million in annual grantmaking, community programs, and two large-scale community initiatives. • Collaborated with Chief Executive Officer to establish and implement new vision of strategically aligning financial resources to address most compelling community needs. • Conceptualized and developed new community participatory grantmaking program modeled on venture philanthropy.• Led growth of new community participatory grantmaking rounds from one in 2011 to fourteen in 2015, engaging more than 185 community members in strategic philanthropy activities.• Created a new grantmaking and program department as part of a comprehensive internal reorganization begun in 2010 as consultant. • Established vision for community-level impact and consolidated grantmaking operations. • Persuaded Board and community leaders to embrace non-traditional grantmaking approaches, two large-scale community initiatives, and realign funding priorities.• Restructured and improved grantmaking, and grants and data management operations.• Realigned international office operations with strategic vision and priorities of San Francisco headquarters, resulting in a fully integrated and high performing unit. • Recruited and hired ten new staff including five program officers and new international director. • Trained staff on strategic grantmaking approaches and processes, outcome measurements, program evaluation, financial analysis, and negotiation practices.



Adin Miller Consulting

• President

  • May 2007 - Aug 2011

  I established a firm specializing in providing strategic and program management, organizational effectiveness, grants management, and social media and communication strategy. Clients included: College Access Foundation of California (now College Futures Foundation); the Corporation for National and Community Service; Blueprint Research & Design (now Arabella Advisors); Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund; Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; American Legacy Foundation; Porter Novelli; the St. Joseph Health System Foundation; Equal Access International; Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum; and International Union Against Cancer.• Led research team in defining, reviewing, and analyzing philanthropy supporting youth-led health-related advocacy efforts for a strategy paper for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.• Improved organizational processes in preparation for increased federal funding as a senior advisor to the Chief Operating Officer at the Corporation for National and Community Service.• Provided high-level training in social media communication and community engagement for clients.• Developed business plan for $10 million early childhood education initiative.• Partnered with executive team to implement and scale up a $15 million international grantmaking program that awarded 92 lobbying and media advocacy grants in 33 countries. • Led two teams comprised of communication and website design experts in technical analysis of a global online community. Presented key recommendations to Chief Executive Officer, board of advisors, and key funders which, when implemented, improved core operations, online services to members, user experience, and website security.• Exercised international expertise in coaching and advising senior and executive management on philanthropic trends, global tobacco control issues, and use of social media platforms.



Truth Initiative

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Vice President, Collaboration & Outreach

  • 2006 - May 2007

  Nonprofit established in 1999 with $1.5 billion endowment to battle tobacco use and increase smoking cessation. Over my tenure at the foundation, I had three major roles detailed below.• Established first-ever key leadership relationships with three leading philanthropy organizations including the Council on Foundations, which elevated the foundation’s philanthropic reputation.• Conducted outreach on behalf of the foundation to key tobacco control, philanthropic and public health organizations.

• Assistant Vice President of Grants

  • Jan 2004 - May 2006

  • Served on interagency funding collaborative that included representatives from three federal agencies and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which coordinated national funding priorities and programs on issues such as secondhand smoke public policies and harm-reduction.• Represented the foundation on multiple domestic and international tobacco control and philanthropic committees, coalitions, and works groups.• Led senior management team in improving internal communication, coordinating interdepartmental activities, and developing new internal policies and procedures.

• Director of Grants

  • Jan 2000 - Dec 2003

  • Conceptualized and developed seven groundbreaking initiatives and collaborative partnerships with funders such as the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.• Established entire grantmaking processes and grants management operations, which effectively responded to nearly 1,500 funding requests over a six-year period.• Awarded and negotiated contracts for over 325 grants totaling nearly $150 million. • Monitored grantee financial obligations and developed multi-year budget forecasts.



Corporation for National & Community Service

• United States
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Officer, AmeriCorps - National Direct

  • Oct 1996 - Jan 2000

  Federal agency that helps more than 5 million Americans improve the lives of their fellow citizens through service. Working hand in hand with local partners, the Corporation for National and Community Service engages American people in tackling some of the most pressing challenges facing our nation.• Managed portfolio of nearly $20 million in grants awarded to national nonprofits, including American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity International, and the National Council of Churches. • Monitored and coordinated program implementation of funded AmeriCorps projects.



Partnership for National Service

• Program Specialist

  • Dec 1995 - Oct 1996

  Nonprofit established through a multi-million grant from the Ford Foundation to advance local AmeriCorps service programs. The nonprofit merged into the Points of Light.• Built nonprofit organization as part of a three-person team supporting AmeriCorps programs.• Developed and implemented two grant initiatives totaling $1,450,000 that leveraged community foundation funds in support of local AmeriCorps projects. Nonprofit established through a multi-million grant from the Ford Foundation to advance local AmeriCorps service programs. The nonprofit merged into the Points of Light.• Built nonprofit organization as part of a three-person team supporting AmeriCorps programs.• Developed and implemented two grant initiatives totaling $1,450,000 that leveraged community foundation funds in support of local AmeriCorps projects.