Ocean Career: President​/CEO at Marine Mammal Care Center

Marine Mammal Care Center CEO Opportunity

MMCC serves a 70+ mile stretch of beaches in the Greater Los Angeles area from Malibu to Seal Beach, helping marine mammals that would otherwise suffer potentially fatal outcomes on area beaches due to severe illness, injury, and malnutrition. The MMCC team provides direct veterinary care through its animal hospital, and follows comprehensive release practices including selective post-release monitoring to ensure that we continue to learn how best to rehabilitate patients for survival back in their ocean homes.

Through its work supporting animals, developing knowledge, and growing awareness around the unique needs of marine mammals, MMCC strives to build a healthy ocean ecosystem where people and marine life thrive together.

Beyond providing direct care for stranded and injured marine animals, MMCC has developed strategic partnerships with similar conservation-minded organizations to build strong relationships that support ocean and marine mammal conservation. As economies and populations continue to grow, causing increasing pressure on the natural world, MMCC seeks to raise awareness around these pressing issues and develop ways to keep oceans and the marine life inside them healthy.

Marine Mammal Care Center is at a pivotal point in its organizational development. Building on a strong foundation of passionate staff, clear organizational structures, and a renewed sense of purpose, the CEO will continue MMCC's progress toward becoming one of the premier marine mammal care and research centers in the world. The Board of Directors seeks a mission-oriented, collaborative, growth-oriented individual to provide leadership and operational oversight of all aspects of the organization.

This is an exciting opportunity for MMCC's next leader to partner with a motivated Board, committed and hardworking professional staff, and dedicated volunteers to elevate one of Los Angeles' most critical environmental organizations to the next level.

Energized by growing momentum and a recent commitment by a new major funder, the Chief Executive Officer will lead MMCC into the future by providing leadership for strategic plan implementation, staff, and organizational development, as well as operations and financial oversight of MMCC's $1.8M budget. An important role of the CEO will be to serve as MMCC's Chief Fundraising Officer to both broaden and deepen support for the critical function MMCC serves in the Los Angeles area.

As the voice representing MMCC within the marine conservation community, the CEO's success depends upon respecting and embracing scientific consensus around environmental issues that impact our world oceans. At their core, the CEO's commitment to saving the lives of marine animals will drive both strategic and tactical decision making. As a leader, the CEO will embody MMCC's "animal first" approach to operations and planning and reflect this unique facet of MMCC culture in all aspects of leading the organization.

Leadership and Vision

• Seek new opportunities for MMCC visibility through cultivating partnerships and participating in coalition level efforts.
• Foster a healthy culture of philanthropy where Board members, staff, volunteers, and donors understand and embrace the role charitable giving has in ensuring resources to fulfill the mission.
• Serve as an effective and visible spokesperson for MMCC, effectively articulating the mission, vision, and values.

Board Relations

• Actively involve the Board in advancing MMCC's mission, goals, fundraising efforts, and programs.
• Collaborate with the Board to refine and implement our organizational strategic plan.
• Communicate regularly and openly to ensure Board members are properly informed to fulfill their governance roles and responsibilities.
• Provide regular reports to the Board on MMCC's financial standing, fundraising activities, and progress towards meeting strategic objectives and maintaining financial transparency.
• Encourage and maintain positive working relationships and collaboration between Board members, staff, and volunteers.

Revenue Generation and Fundraising

• Serve as the Chief Fundraising Officer, actively leading and participating in all fundraising activities, including identifying new donors, meeting with and recognizing current donors, and planning for regular stewardship activities to promote donor retention.
• Sustain positive working relationships with individual, corporate, foundation, and government funders.
• Develop and expand strategic, revenue-generating partnerships with individuals, local, state, and federal government agencies, corporations, and foundations.
• Create opportunities for Board and staff members to meaningfully participate in the fundraising process.

Finance and General Operations

• Oversee the organization's fiscal health and integrity by developing for Board approval long- and short-range financial plans, annual budgets, and financial statements.
• Manage hospital budget and…