Organizational strategy and development for mission-driven organizations

Are you working for a world that is better for people, for the climate, and for nature? Is your organization ready to scale its impact?

Innovative organizations know that they need to continually adapt. However, we can get so focused on our program of work that we can find it hard to find the time/energy/headspace to ensure that our current strategy, operations, and team are optimized and enabling us to reach our goals.

Using my two decades of experience with pioneering organizations and programs, we can work together to translate your mission into tangible strategies and tactics and ensure your organization is reaching its potential.

The urgent state of our climate and nature crises mean that all organizations need to be looking at how their work is supporting a world where people and the living world can thrive. If you are early in this journey, we can collaborate to create the buy-in, strategies, and integration into your organization.

I believe we are poised to reach for and create a world that is better than we have imagined. We have shown our resilience and ingenuity and are ready to build the future that we need.

I can share a vision for this future with your audience, and help you and your organization develop a strategy and a pragmatic path forward.

I can help you see it, feel it, and get there. A future that is climate positive, people positive, and nature positive is within our grasp.

Experience

WORK

Founder and Principal, Mission Atlas, 2022 – Present

Executive Director, Urban Land Institute (ULI) San Francisco, 2016 – 2022  

Vice President, World Green Building Council, 2011 – 2015

Principal, Michelle Malanca Consulting, 2007 – 2011

Technical Director, Green Building Council of Australia, 2005 – 2007

PRO BONO AND VOLUNTEER

Co-founder and Organizer, Bay Area Climate and Sustainability Meet-up, 2022 – present

Chair, ULI Sacramento Technical Advisory Panel, Urban League Resilience Hub, 2025

WELL City Advisor, International Well Building Institute, 2022 – 2024

Executive Mentor, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, 2023 – 2024

Executive Steering Committee Member, Mayor’s Zero Emission Building Task Force, City of San Francisco, 2019 – 2020

Policy Paper Contributor and Event Organizer, Clean Energy for Biden, 2020

Board Member, Place Lab, 2017 – 2019

Co-Chair, Sustainability Committee. ULI San Francisco, 2010 – 2016

Advisor, Pollinate Energy, 2010 – 2016

EDUCATION

Stanford University, Professional Certificate, Energy Innovation and Emerging Technologies, 2023

University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., Environmental Studies, Board and Thesis Honors

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