Milano Harden, EdM

Principal and President
The Genius Group, Inc.

Milano Harden is principal and president of The Genius Group, Inc. He has extensive training in leadership and organizational development, nonprofit management and strategy, cultural diversity and inclusion, and community health improvement.

Mr. Harden has deep interests in ethnic philanthropy, the leadership effectiveness of next generation leaders and the human development of young men and boys of color. Most recently, he was the Program Director of the Healthcare Georgia Foundation. He has also served as Manager of Education Initiatives for the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Development Manager of Executive Education at the Health Research and Educational Trust of the American Hospital Association, Program Evaluator for the Department of Community Services at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and District Health Coordinator for the Illinois Primary Health Care Association. In 1996, Mr. Harden co-founded Imago Dei, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to improving the social condition, educational attainment and psychological well-being of young men and boys of color. He serves on several boards and committees including; Board of Directors of the Business Resource and Incubation Center (THE BRIC), Board of Directors of Project On the Money and the steering committee of the Southeastern Network of African Americans in Philanthropy (SNAAP!).

Mr. Harden holds a BS degree from Northwestern University and a graduate degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. In 2003, he was selected by the Southeastern Council of Foundation as a Hull Leadership Fellow for emerging leaders in philanthropy and in 1998 by Harvard University as an Administrative Fellow for high potential administrators of color on staff at Harvard.

He is the happy husband to Joan Harden, MD and proud father of two boys, Zachery Alexander and Seth Emmanuel.