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Michael T. Marino

Development Director - East

The majority of Michael’s professional career has been spent in the non-profit sector and includes over a decade of experience in fundraising. Having started out working as a theatrical stage manager and company manager, Michael quickly moved into organizing fundraising events. He worked with Miller, Zeichik and Associates (MZA) where he was part of a production team responsible for producing the annual AIDS Walk and Dance-a-thon events in multiple cities across America. Michael then spent two years at Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) as a Development Officer in their annual giving campaign, focusing on cultivating, soliciting and renewing donors who gave the organization annual gifts between $1,000 and $25,000. After that, he joined Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) as their first ever Associate Director of Development. During his four years at BC/EFA, Michael grew their major donor campaign (gifts of $1,000 or more) from 100 donors giving approximately $125,000 to 350 donors giving nearly $500,000 – a 300% increase. He also was responsible for creating their website, donor newsletter, and planned giving society.

Michael made a strategic move to temporarily leave the world of fundraising and took a position as the Associate Director at New York University’s (NYU) Center for Health, Identity, Behavior and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS), a behavioral research center that conducts formative and intervention based research in the areas of health, identity, and disease prevention, with an emphasis on the HIV and drug abuse epidemics. One of CHIBPS’s principal missions is to identify and promote strategies to prevent the spread of these epidemics and to improve the lives of people living with these conditions. Michael’s research on the differences in HIV education methods between New York City and London has been cited in numerous publications, including the New York Times. Michael spent six years at NYU and was promoted twice during his time there, first to be the Administrator and Chief Budget Officer for the Department of Applied Psychology at the Steinhardt School of Culture Education and Human Development and then to be the Director of Administrative Services and Facilities for the Steinhardt School.

Prior to joining Point, Michael made his return to fundraising as the Director of Major Gifts for the Empire State Pride Agenda, New York State’s LGBT civil rights and advocacy organization, where he was responsible for the stewardship, cultivation and solicitation of gifts over $1,200.

Michael is a native New Yorker and currently lives in Manhattan’s West Midtown area (affectionately known as Hell’s Kitchen). He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Pace University and in 2006 was honored by his Alma Matter as a “Pace Legend” for creating and organizing the school’s LGBT student group while he was a student. Michael also has a Masters of Public Administration from NYU’s Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and currently serves as the Executive Vice President of the Wagner Alumni Association at NYU.