Title: president and chief executive officer
Organization: Foundation For The Carolinas
Michael Marsicano is president and chief executive officer of Foundation For The Carolinas. Managing assets of approximately $800 million, the foundation holds more than 1,700 charitable funds and distributed grants totaling $109 million in 2007. Marsicano joined the foundation in 1999 after serving as president and CEO of the Arts & Science Council in Charlotte, N.C. for 10 years. During his tenure, the united arts fund moved to the nation’s highest in per capita annual giving. Marsicano chaired the Board of the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies and the North Carolina School of the Arts and served on the boards of Americans for the Arts and Community Foundations of America. He currently serves on the Governing Boards of both Duke University and Queens University as well as the boards of Charlotte Center City Partners, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, The Nasher Museum of Art and the United Way Legacy Foundation. A native of New York, Marsicano received his bachelor’s of science, master’s of education and doctor of philosophy from Duke University.
