Greg Baldwin

Greg Baldwin

Head of Partnerships, One Degree

Berkeley, California, United States
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Accomplished mission-driven leader, strategic thinker and public-interest technologist with 20+ years experience operating at the intersection of community, technology and policy. Exceptional communicator and relationship builder with extensive cross-sector collaboration and development experience. Life-long learner, data nerd and social-entrepreneur with a strong equity and systems orientation.

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  • One Degree, Inc. Graphic

    Head of Partnerships

    One Degree, Inc.

    - Present 2 years 11 months

    Oakland, California, United States

    One Degree puts life-changing social services and benefits within reach for the millions of people seeking help every day. Collaborating with the Leadership Team to strengthen and expand the organization's partnerships and earned-revenue strategies.

  • RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service Graphic

    Advisory Council

    RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service

    - Present 10 years 5 months

    The University of Texas at Austin

    The mission of the RGK Center is to build knowledge about nonprofit organizations, philanthropy, and volunteerism, and to prepare students and practitioners to make effective contributions to their communities.

  • VolunteerMatch

    VolunteerMatch

    24 years 8 months

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      CEO Emeritus

      VolunteerMatch

      - 7 months

      Served as an executive advisor to the incoming CEO providing strategic, operational and networking support to ensure a successful leadership transition.

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      Chief Executive Officer

      VolunteerMatch

      - 15 years 6 months

      Oakland, California, United States

      CEO of the web's largest volunteer engagement network serving 130,000+ nonprofits, 150+ business clients and tens of millions of volunteers a year. Responsible for the organization's strategy, culture, reputation and impact. Over the past five years successfully pivoted the organization's core strategy to amplify impact and income.

      • Elevated vision and mission with a cross-platform communication strategy including research, public speaking, op-eds, publishing, blogging and social…

      CEO of the web's largest volunteer engagement network serving 130,000+ nonprofits, 150+ business clients and tens of millions of volunteers a year. Responsible for the organization's strategy, culture, reputation and impact. Over the past five years successfully pivoted the organization's core strategy to amplify impact and income.

      • Elevated vision and mission with a cross-platform communication strategy including research, public speaking, op-eds, publishing, blogging and social media.

      •Raised $10.3M with leadership support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Fidelity Charitable Trustees Initiative, Raikes Foundation and MacKenzie Scott

      • Emboldened the values of volunteer service, civil society and public-interest technology with best-in-class internet services and cross-sector collaboration

      • Realigned VolunteerMatch's earned income strategy to sustain long-term impact and growth. Launched new API-based subscription services and grew cross-sector client base to over $1mm in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR)

      • Led a team of 25+ public-interest technologists and change-makers with a budget of $4.4mm and total income of $8.3mm in 2021

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      Chief Imagination Officer / Leadership Team

      VolunteerMatch

      - 8 years 8 months

      Chief Imagination Officer of the team that developed and launched VolunteerMatch.org in the spring of 1998. Led the design, planning, production and release of V.1 . Served various strategic, business development and product roles on the leadership team until 2006.

      • Responsible for brand identity, user experience and front-end production of the web's first volunteer engagement platform. • Won two Webby Awards and become the number #1 search for 'volunteer' on Google within a…

      Chief Imagination Officer of the team that developed and launched VolunteerMatch.org in the spring of 1998. Led the design, planning, production and release of V.1 . Served various strategic, business development and product roles on the leadership team until 2006.

      • Responsible for brand identity, user experience and front-end production of the web's first volunteer engagement platform. • Won two Webby Awards and become the number #1 search for 'volunteer' on Google within a year

      • Led the front-end development and release of VolunteerMatch's first private-label CSR product in 1999. The core product and its value-proposition anchored the organization's earned revenue strategy for more than a decade

      • Codified the organization's mission, values and metrics to drive impact and income

      • Launched the organization's first marketing and advocacy campaign overseeing an annual budget of $350k

      • Advanced cross-sector strategic partnerships with Yahoo!, AOL, the White House, Department of Health and Human Services and the American Red Cross

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    Executive Team

    2d Interactive, Inc

    - 4 years

    Boston, MA

    (2-D Interactive) One of three co-founders of a start-up launched out of Harvard Business School. Led brand, product development and business planning for what became a one-of-a-kind national, touch-screen kiosk network merchandising an exclusive collection of movie, music and branded lifestyle posters. Raised two rounds of capital and scaled to over 100 high-traffic retail locations before Netscape made the kiosk business old-fashioned overnight.

    •Led the development, drafting and…

    (2-D Interactive) One of three co-founders of a start-up launched out of Harvard Business School. Led brand, product development and business planning for what became a one-of-a-kind national, touch-screen kiosk network merchandising an exclusive collection of movie, music and branded lifestyle posters. Raised two rounds of capital and scaled to over 100 high-traffic retail locations before Netscape made the kiosk business old-fashioned overnight.

    •Led the development, drafting and publication of a business plan that attracted $2.5M+ in early stage partners and investors

    •Responsible for the development and execution of corporate and brand identity

    •Directed product strategy, creative and UI development for an interactive network engaging 1,000+ users a day

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    Account Executive

    Leo Burnett

    - 2 years

    Chicago, IL

    Recruited out of college to serve in Leo Burnett's Integrated Communication department. Worked as an analyst on targeted marketing, direct mail and cross-channel communication strategies for national brands including Tropicana, Pillsbury and Oldsmobile. Quickly rose to the second lowest possible rank in an ad agency before a crisis of conscience led to my early retirement.

Education

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Volunteer Experience

  • The Sarara Foundation Graphic

    Pro Bono Database Trouble-Shooter

    The Sarara Foundation

    - 2 years 5 months

    Environment

    Providing database trouble-shooting, reporting, data integration and process automation support.

  • Independent Sector Graphic

    Nonprofit Infrastructure Investment Advocacy Group (NIIAG)Nonprofit Infrastructure Investment Advocacy Group (NIIAG)

    Independent Sector

    - 2 years 11 months

    A diverse coalition of leaders advocating for essential federal policies to strengthen the infrastructure necessary for a healthy civil society.

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    Advisory Council

    Civity

    - 3 years

    A national nonprofit that helps leaders strategically transform their civic networks to address critical issues in their community by harnessing social, political and organizational diversity.

  • Urban Institute Graphic

    Infrastructure Research Advisory Group

    Urban Institute

    - 2 years 7 months

    Advisory group hosted by New Venture Fund supporting collaborative efforts to fund research aimed at better understand the country's social sector infrastructure.

  • Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration Graphic

    Emeritus -- Founding Board Member

    Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration

    - 6 years 1 month

    CCVA promotes and certifies excellence in volunteer administration to advance the capacity of communities to effectively engage volunteers.

  • BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Graphic

    Volunteer/Parent

    BERKELEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

    - 14 years

    Education

    Parent volunteer and donor to the Berkeley Unified School District.

  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Graphic

    Friend and Mentor

    Big Brothers Big Sisters

    - 3 years

    Children

  • Boston Museum of Science Graphic

    Technology Volunteer

    Boston Museum of Science

    - 1 year

    Science and Technology

    Served as a volunteer with the Information Technology team

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Honors & Awards

  • 25 Most Influential People in Silicon Valley

    Silicon Valley Magazine

  • Time Magazine - Top 10 Websites

    Time Magazine

    http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1686204_1686305_1691178,00.html

  • Two-Time Webby Award Winner

    International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences

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