Michael Johnson is transforming lives & community through his words & actions.
Michael is the President & CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Dane County and led the agency on an amazing journey of change – transforming the organization from a local children’s charity to a change agent for children and families while driving high standards of excellence in financial transparency, community engagement and governance; all with the goal of making a significant, measurable impact in the lives of children and their families.
In his twelve years, the Club made significant accomplishments and under his guidance his team developed several strategic plans that resulted in more than 22k donors contributing more than $50M dollars to the Club. He increased the Club’s net assets from $4M to $25M. As of result of these investments, the Club quadrupled the number of children and families being served, quadrupled the number of employees, grew its operating budget by 395% and expanded its operations in cities like Fitchburg, Madison, Verona, Sun Prairie and acquired the Boys & Girls Clubs of Walworth County.
The Club also created the largest public/private partnership in the Madison School District while investing more than $18M in direct resources to local high schools. As a result, more than 4,400 young people graduated from HS at an average rate of 97%. The Club also hired more than a dozen career and college specialist who work with colleges and universities across the country and is currently in a capital campaign to raise $35M for a regional workforce center to introduce young people to the trades.
Michael’s advocacy and work has been featured in the New York Times, Wisconsin State Journal, and dozens of national and local publications. He also received Boys & Girls Clubs of America Heart & Soul Award which is the highest honor among Club executives. He was named “Man of the Year” by Madison 365; was appointed by the Governor of Wisconsin to the Vel Phillip’s Taskforce; named the 2022 InBusiness Magazine -Executive of the Year and also received the 2022 MLK Humanitarian Award.
Michael earned a BA in Business Education from Chicago State University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. He also holds a certification in fundraising management from the Center of Philanthropy at Indiana University, a certification in human resource management from Cornell University, an Advanced Leadership Certificate from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business and a certificate in non profit strategic management from Harvard Business School.
Michael and his wife, Toya, were born and raised in Chicago and have three children ages 17, 11 and 7.
Find out more about Michael Johnson via https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-johnson-mba-5025b632/.
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