Michael Christian
Board President @Someone Else\'s Child, Inc
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WORK HISTORY
Board President @Someone Else\'s Child, Inc
Mike leads Someone Else\'s Child in its mission to help underestimated youth and young adults by sponsoring programs and initiatives to support and enhance their lives.
EDUCATION
UC Santa Barbara
Philosophy
ABOUT MICHAEL CHRISTIAN
Michael Christian has served as President of Someone Else’s Child Foundation (SEC) for nearly 25 years. The foundation supports youth causes throughout the USA, Africa, India and Central America with areas of focus including education, the arts, young people living with disabilities, economic justice, and collective action efforts. SEC addresses disparities by investing in opportunities for young people to live, learn, grow and engage as contributing members of their communities.Mike was the Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Risk Strategies, a leading national insurance brokerage firm. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Risk Strategies from 1997 to 2019 and then Chairman until the company was acquired by Brown & Brown in 2025. He led the private equity-backed company from its start-up beginnings into a top national risk advisor/broker with revenues of over $1.7 billion. Prior to Risk Strategies, Mike held leadership positions with Jardine Insurance Brokers, including serving on the U.S. Board of Directors, AON and Alexander & Alexander.Mike is the Managing Partner for Community Impact Ventures (CIV), a venture capital impact fund that provides financial support to social entrepreneurs and for-profit companies that have missions focused on improving the lives of young people. CIV invests in early-stage firms creating meaningful social impact. He also acts as an advisor to many of the CIV portfolio companies and other start-up organizations.He is the Chairman of the Boch Center (Wang & Schubert Theaters) in Boston and serves on several non-profit boards including the Folk/Americana/Roots Hall of Fame, the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, Northeast Arc, UC Santa Barbara Foundation, and Point32 Health Foundation.Mike hosts the What’s @ Risk radio show on WBZ (iHeartRadio) in Boston.Mike majored in Philosophy at the University of California in Santa Barbara. Specialties: Strategic development, collective action, entrepreneurship, fund-raising, mergers & acquisitions, start-ups, venture capital, financial services, private equity, risk-financing, property & casualty insurance, nonprofit corporations.
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