Michael Zisser served as Chief Executive Officer for a major non-profit organization in New York City for three decades and held leadership positions on several Boards and Commissi...view moreMichael Zisser served as Chief Executive Officer for a major non-profit organization in New York City for three decades and held leadership positions on several Boards and Commissions. Previously, he was a professor and chairman of a graduate urban planning program at a prominent New York institution. He continues to teach graduate level management and policy courses, and has written about strategic planning, mergers in the non-profit sector, and the critical challenges and dilemmas of successful leadership. He is inspired, in his writing, first by his family, followed by a commitment to issues of social justice.view less