Worldwide cleaning industry association ISSA has announced the appointment of Mike Gies as Executive Director of the association’s philanthropic arm, the ISSA Foundation.
Gies has worked as an independent organisation and management consultant since 2007, serving both small proprietorships and billion-dollar global organisations. His roles have involved financial analysis, strategic planning, brand management, leadership cultivation and major fundraising campaign support.
In his new role, Gies will ensure the charitable division of ISSA has a comprehensive strategy to further expand its reach and better achieve its mission of ‘Investing in Tomorrow’. This includes building new long-term partnerships and developing and executing plans for the foundation’s organisation, operations, and growing its programs. He will also work closely with the ISSA Foundation and ISSA boards of directors to spearhead fundraising initiatives and with the ISSA Finance Committee to ensure the foundation operates on a sound financial and budgetary basis.
ISSA Executive Director John Barrett said: “We are looking to take the ISSA Foundation to the next level, to make it more meaningful and expand the opportunities and benefits it offers our membership, the industry, and the communities in which we work and live. To do this, we need a talented, experienced leader to help us refocus our efforts. Given his obvious leadership skills and proven track record in both the profit and nonprofit arena, Mike is clearly the man for this job.”
Gies added: “I look forward to growing the ISSA Foundation by partnering with the large and growing ISSA constituency, and through the foundation’s charitable programs, contributing to ISSA’s mission to ‘Change the Way the World Views Cleaning’.”
