Gene Falk

Biography

Gene Falk is one of the few people to lead major ventures in both Fortune 500 companies and the non-profit sector. With this background and a deep commitment to social change, Gene launched and leads strategic advisory firm Falk Advisors|DGB (FA). FA helps funders achieve the best results from their collaborations with NFPs, avoiding risks and pain points, and sidestepping the obstacles that can undermine their success and burn through money and time.

FA helps foundations/philanthropists and their portfolio organizations realize the greatest impact and most productive outcomes from their work together; it works with corporations to develop and hone their CSR initiatives and build successful cross-sector collaborations

Gene was a top executive at companies like HBO and Showtime when, changing courses, he moved to Africa to become co-founder/CEO of mothers2mothers (m2m), a just-launched, local NFP dedicated to preventing new cases of pediatric AIDS. Adapting business-world expertise to the NFP environment, Gene led m2m’s rapid growth from start-up to global leader, achieving some of the most sought-after outcomes in the social sector:
- Scale. Expanding to 800 sites in 10 countries with a $20 million budget, annually serving 2.5 million clients and saving hundreds of thousands of lives.
- Innovation. Recognition of m2m’s innovative business approach and program model as best practices in the global health and social entrepreneurship communities.
- Systems Change. m2m’s program model became an international standard through the UN’s global plan to eradicate pediatric AIDS.

For this work, Gene was honored by a wide variety of prestigious organizations, from the Skoll Foundation to the World Economic Forum to the Global Business Council. m2m’s many successful partnerships in social, public, and private sectors earned it a spot on the Financial Times/UN list of best NFPs for collaborations.

Gene has a BA from Williams and an MBA from Wharton.