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About Dennis M. Robinson
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   Dennis M. Robinson has enjoyed a 30-year career in philanthropy and nonprofit/community development,

  specializing in philanthropic strategies for government and community organizations, universities and hospitals.

  Dennis previously held roles as Senior Philanthropy Advisor - Silicon Valley Community Foundation, 

 West Coast Advancement Officer - Southern Poverty Law Center, Western Regional Director - MedShare Int'l,

 Chief Advancement Officer - Arizona State University, Development Director - St. Francis Medical Center

 Foundation, Director of Development - Amplifi Napa Valley and Associate VP of Advancement - Earlham  College. 
 
  Dennis has worked independently raising nearly $1,000,000 in response to the largest natural disasters in the Caribbean,            coordinating relief and recovery efforts in Puerto Rico since 2017, providing air support delivering 112 tons of supplies and      developing an emergency shelter in Loiza after Hurricane Maria with Aesara Foundation. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake,

 he led 3 missions that brought medical care to 6,350 patients and coordinated a joint, 40 personnel mission with a blended

 team from California and Canada to serve 3,500 patients in 7 days. 
 
  He was invited to ceremonies in Beijing, China where he accepted a peace award for his work in Haiti and an appointment to

 the executive board of the Beautiful Life Development Plan Foundation and earlier in that year was named Advisor to the  Chairman  of the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation - London, England.
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  In 2026, Dennis was appointed to the global board of the Charter for Compassion in Bainbridge Island, Washington and the  founding board of The Magic Church in San Francisco, California.  In 2018 he was appointed by California Governor Jerry  Brown to the California State Library Civil  Liberties Grant Advisory Panel & served on the board of Coradorables', Inc. in Oahu,  Hawaii.

 

  He has served on the Legislative  Regulatory Committee of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition in  Washington,  D.C.; the 3rd Congressional District Advisory Committee of Ohio Congressman Tony Hall; the founding Advisory  Board of the  Dayton Community Reinvestment Institute and Board of the Greater Phoenix Urban League. He was the founding  Chair of  the  Board of Project LACE in Los  Angeles, and served on  the  boards of The Story Project (Los Angeles) and the  Citizens’  Diplomacy  Council of  San Diego.
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  Dennis began his community development journey with an 8-year career in municipal government with the City of Dayton  Priority Board and 5 years in community development consulting as founder and CEO of 3Ci Consulting. As a trained mediator,  he worked as an observer to police  hostage negotiation teams. Robinson achieved a 100% success rate in writing federal grants  for non-profits, community  organizations and government agencies and served as a visiting professor in Al Gore’s Family-  Centered Community Building course at Fisk University.
 
   A native of Dayton, Ohio, Robinson holds a graduate certification in Design, Partnering, Management and Innovation from      the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, CA;  a B. A. in Speech and Communications from Fisk University  and completed additional studies in Entertainment Business and Studio Production at Vanderbilt University.
 
   Dennis is a former late night jazz radio announcer, a collector of jazz and world music and an avid fan of Formula One,  IndyCar and LeMans/Sportscar Series Racing.  He raised his daughter as a single father.  

 

   Robinson resides in the Monterey Bay, California area.
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