Michael D. Smith | |
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| 8th CEO of AmeriCorps | |
| Assumed office December 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Barbara Stewart |
| Director of the Social Innovation Fund | |
| In office July 2013 –October 2014 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Marymount University (BA) |
Michael D. Smith is an American executive and current chief executive officer of AmeriCorps.
Smith earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Marymount University. [1]
Smith began his career as an intern and later congressional aide to Congressman Richard Neal. [2] Later he joined the National Crime Prevention Council running the youth symposiums. Later he worked at various nonprofits including the Massachusetts Boys and Girls Club,Beaumont Foundation of America,and PowerUP. [3] Smith next spent nearly decade at the Case Foundation serving as the senior vice president for social innovation.
In July 2013,Smith joined the Obama Administration as the director for the Social Innovation Fund. [4] Later,in October 2014,he became special assistant to the President and senior director of Cabinet Affairs for My Brother's Keeper (MBK) until the end of the administration. [5]
Smith then joined the Obama Foundation continuing his work on the program as the executive director of the MBK Alliance &director,youth opportunity programs. [6]
Smith was nominated by President Biden to serve as the ceo of AmeriCorps in June 2021. [7] He was later confirmed by the Senate on December 8,2021. [8]
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