Michelle Pullaro

Current

• Regional Director, East Coast at Taproot Foundation

Past

• Chief Operating Officer at Per Scholas
• Regional Manager at ADP

Education

• City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business
• University of Wisconsin-Madison

Connections

35 connections

Industry

Non-Profit Organization Management

Websites

• My Company

Michelle Pullaro’s Summary

Michelle joins the Taproot Foundation with 13 years of experience in both the private and nonprofit sectors. As Regional Executive Director, she leads the East Coast region in leveraging volunteers from the business community to deliver high quality capacity building services to local nonprofits.

Previously, Michelle was Chief Operating Officer of Per Scholas, a nonprofit organization in New York City’s South Bronx that empowers individuals in the community through technology and education. Michelle was responsible for all marketing, strategic planning, fund development, program design, manufacturing and customer service initiatives, and played an integral role in the merger of a complimentary service organization, Comp2Kids. Following the merger, Michelle developed and executed Comp2Seniors, a program aimed at providing home computers and training to low-income older adults in an effort to reduce isolation and depression and enable older adults to live independently longer.

Prior to that, Michelle spent 6 years with Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in Sales Management, Corporate Training and Corporate Marketing and over the course of her career was a recipient of numerous awards and distinctions. Michelle attended Columbia University’s Executive Program in Nonprofit Management, earned her MBA from Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business, where she was a recipient of a NASH Honors Scholarship, and holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Michelle Pullaro’s Experience

• Regional Director, East Coast

  Taproot Foundation

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  June 2007 — Present (1 year)

• Chief Operating Officer

  Per Scholas

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

  February 2002 — July 2007 (5 years 6 months)

• Regional Manager

  ADP

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ADP; Information Services industry)

  June 1994 — August 2000 (6 years 3 months)

Michelle Pullaro’s Education

• City University of New York-Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business

  MBA, Marketing, Nonprofit Management, 2000 — 2002

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  BA, Economic, Political Science, 1990 — 1994

Additional Information

Michelle Pullaro’s Websites:

• My Company

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