Michael Curtis

About Michael Curtis

Experienced professional in the not-for-profit international education sector with proven skills to successfully address complex domestic and overseas operating, programmatic and financial challenges. • Successful development professional with proven track record of securing Department of State, USAID and host country government funding (over $460 million in grant funding secured since 2007 including over $75m in new project funding)• Experienced leader of international high school, undergraduate, and graduate student (J-1 and F-1) programs, faculty and administrator programs, and human capacity building projects with ten years of overseas experience delivering measurable results in challenging political, cultural and economic landscapes • Managed regional support and crisis management for U.S. study abroad and visiting scholar programs in Central Asia • Ability to successfully build support for operational, financial and reporting improvements • Effective organizational communicator with extensive experience bridging Board, departmental, field and home office perspectives • Outstanding ability to analyze complex issues and suggest effective actions • Entrepreneurial approach to new business development • Experienced in high-stakes, cross-cultural negotiations and partnership development • Extensive work with U.S. and host country funders and nuanced understanding of the legal and regulatory challenges of conducting grant-funded activities overseas

Experience

1. Executive Vice President, Strategic Development

   American Councils for International Education

   Jan 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Bachelor of Arts, History; Russian Concentration

  1987 — 1991

• University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business

  MBA/MiB, Business Administration/International Business

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Government
• Nonprofits
• Program Management
• Leadership Development
• Intercultural Communication
• Ngos
• Grant Writing
• Teaching
• Civil Society
• Grants
• Public Speaking
• Organizational Development
• Foreign Policy
• Management
• Program Development
• Fundraising
• Higher Education
• International Education
• International Relations
• Capacity Building
• Central Asia
• Proposal Writing
• Community Development
• Russian
• Training
• International Development
• Program Evaluation
• Strategy
• Qualitative Research
• Non-Profits
• Strategic Planning
• Policy
• Public Policy
• Analysis
• Research