Michael
T. Marino
Michael Marino has spent
years in the non-profit and
higher education sectors
as a fundraising leader and advocate
through his work benefitting people living
with HIV/AIDS, the LGBTQ community,
and park preservation.
Michael has helped to produce the
annual AIDS Walk and Dance-a-thon
events in multiple cities across America,
worked as a development officer at
GMHC, and served as the director major
gifts at the Empire State Pride Agenda.
Among other roles, Michael was the
first associate director of development at
The HIV League
BroadwayCares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/
EFA) and was the managing development
director at the Point Foundation, an LGBTQ
scholarship fund.
He is also the board president and
treasurer of the HIV League, a non-profit
organization dedicated to empowering
the HIV community through scholarships,
wellness, and education. The group has
supported 90 students living with HIV,
allocating nearly $300,000 since 2017.
Michael has spent the last decade and
a half working in higher education, where
he currently serves as the executive
director of special projects at Long Island
University.
Outside of his professional career,
Michael is the founder and leader of a
non-profit volunteer group called Friends
of Corlears Hook Park, which helps
preserve, beautify, and maintain a public
park located on the Lower East Side of
Manhattan.
Michael holds a bachelor’s degree
of Fine Arts from Pace University and a
master’s of Public Administration from
the New York University Robert F. Wagner
School of Public Service.
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