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Mike Mitchell
Founder & Managing Partner
Mike Mitchell is a dynamic social sector entrepreneur and nonprofit leader with 30 years of experience in housing, immigration, workforce development, and veteran affiliated nonprofits. As Executive Director in multiple organizations, he’s excelled in fundraising, program innovation, and scaling & impact. Notable achievements include pioneering the ReStore retail chain, developing an AI tool named “Annie,” and co-founding SWAP. Mike's career embodies his passion for systemic change, innovative nonprofit leadership, and commitment to community transformation.
As co-founder of SWAP, Mike worked with a team of engineers to create a technology that allows sharing of staff across nonprofits. Learn more at www.swapshare.org.
Currency of Freedom (coming Spring 2025) is a self-improvement platform at the intersection of self and economics, current events, and philosophy. Learn more at www.currencyoffreedom.us.
Tino Chow
Advisor - Branding
Tino Chow comes into branding with an unexpected background. As a former military officer in the Singapore army who went to art school, Tino discovered his niche by combining his experience in operations with creativity. He works with companies and startups to leverage the power of brand strategy, design thinking, and design doing in order to maximize their position in their market.
Before starting Giant Shoulders, Tino spent over a decade building creative cultures and collaborative teams with agencies in New York and startups in Silicon Valley. Tino holds a design degree from Rhode Island School of Design, and an Adjunct Professor at Brown University. He frequently gives talks on branding and design thinking and is a TED Fellow.
Patricia Granata Eisner
Advisor - Fundraising & Development
Patricia Granata Eisner is a seasoned fundraising executive with over 25 years of experience securing transformational funding for mission-driven organizations. She has led high-impact development strategies for global and national nonprofits, including Malala Fund, America’s Promise, NFTE, and CFNOVA, raising millions to support education, equity, and opportunity. A strategic thinker and relationship builder, she specializes in engaging high-net-worth donors, foundations, and corporate partners to drive sustainable growth. Her expertise spans major gifts, endowments, planned giving, and board development, always with a focus on delivering meaningful impact for underserved communities, particularly women and girls.
As a passionate advocate for philanthropy as a tool for social change,Tricia is dedicated to helping nonprofits expand their reach and funding capacity, build strong donor pipelines, and develop strategies that unlock significant philanthropic investments. Her ability to connect vision with resources has helped dozens of organizations scale their missions and create lasting change.
Kristopher Madore
Advisor - Nonprofit Law
Kristopher Madore is a practicing attorney who offers limited scope representation, fractional general counsel services, and consulting to tax exempt organizations and social enterprises. Kristopher is licensed to practice law in MD, DC, and PA, has an MBA and MSM, and is a licensed nonprofit consultant. Kristopher also has developed databases and cloud software and spent 9 years as a consultant and Director of Operations of a Baltimore-area IT managed service provider.
Leslie Mitchell
Advisor - International Development
Leslie Mitchell has worked in the international non-profit sector for the last 30 years, serving overseas and supporting programs from the home office in the United States. Leslie brings practical strategy development skills, fundraising, proposal design and writing, program management, operations, capacity strengthening approaches, community engagement and the cultural competencies required for nonprofits to succeed in today’s environment. In addition, she brings a wealth of knowledge across different social impact areas including education, adolescent health, girl and women’s empowerment, conflict management and peacebuilding, among others. She fosters inclusive and integrated stakeholder engagement processes that results in consensus and buy-in among a diverse range of partnerships.