Michael Nobleza is a social impact strategy consultant who helps changemakers and organizations to implement sustainable strategies for cultural change, equity and inclusion. Michael believes that true and lasting social change can only happen when each person is able to bring all of their unique identities to the table.

Michael relishes the challenge of moving new ventures from startup to growth phases, having led two multimillion-dollar nonprofit organizations through the Great Recession.

Currently, Michael is working with the Los Angeles County Office of Immigrant Affairs to support the region’s 3.6 million immigrants in accessing life-changing resources and services, including advocating for a countywide strategy for language access and supporting the equitable distribution of more than $20 million of American Rescue Plan Act funding to communities hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also works with the Strategic Employee Resource Group (ERG) Certificate program at the University of Southern California’s Marshall Business School to explore how ERGs can be agents for equity and social change.

Michael has provided presentations and trainings on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at major convenings like the Aspen Institute’s Collective Impact Forum Action Summit.

Michael’s thought-leadership on creativity and innovation and wisdom-based leadership have been published in The Huffington Post and Tiny Buddha, respectively.

Michael draws upon more than 25 years of experience in strategic visioning, process coaching, human relations / social justice work and resource-building.  He holds a Master’s Degree in International Relations with a concentration in organizational development and cross-cultural conflict management from Syracuse University.

Michael is also an initiated practitioner of Ifá (pronounced ee-FAH), a West African philosophical tradition.

Michael continues to be up to no good in his hometown in Inglewood, California. When he is not busy saving the world as a consultant, Michael can be found engaging in whole-body fitness through Afro-Brazilian inspired dance movements.