Michael Strautmanis

Michael Strautmanis serves as the Executive Vice President of the Obama Foundation since January 2016, leveraging extensive experience in leadership and strategic engagement. Currently, Strautmanis holds adjunct professor positions at Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago, and The University of Chicago Graham School, focusing on influential leadership and community-centered change. Board memberships include Headspace Health, a mental health solutions provider, and Everside Health. Previous roles encompass Vice President of Citizenship at The Walt Disney Company and various positions within the White House and U.S. Senate, where impactful strategies were developed under prominent leadership. Michael Strautmanis earned a JD from the University of Illinois College of Law and a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.