Resume

Michael Belinsky
Cambridge, Mass.
mikebelinsky@gmail.com

Education

M.P.P., Harvard Kennedy School, 2012
A.B., Economics and Government, Dartmouth College, 2008

Work Experience

Founding Partner, Instiglio, 2012-present
Co-founded social enterprise to structure innovative social impact bonds in developing countries.

Teaching Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School, 2010-2012.
Assisted design of 16-week curriculum for first joint HBS-HKS class on social enterprise. Oversaw operations for 6-person cross-school teaching team. Wrote HBS case study, “Google.org: For-Profit Philanthropy” that is taught in the course. Graded class discussion and written assignment submissions for 40 HBS and HKS students. Advised on 40 business plans, including 3 that won Echoing Green Fellowship (OneDegree, AIDA, Xinfugo). Selected as Teaching Fellow for top performance in EPSS in previous year.

Social Investment Council Member, Echoing Green, 2011-present.
Assist selection process for Echoing Green’s fellowship program for emerging social entrepreneurs. For Leadership Development startup, conducted enterprise valuation analysis across five business lines; created Excel-based financial reporting system for operations team.

Advisor, Pay-for-Success Contracts, Executive Office of Administration and Finance, Massachusetts, 2011-2012.
Advising EOAF and Department of Youth Services on implementation strategy of novel pay-for-success contract to reduce recidivism among youth. Writing memoranda on provider selection, and contracting best practices. Publishing guide to state governments for expanding pilot across states and social interventions. 

Senior Associate, Deloitte Economic Consulting (now Advanced Analytical Consulting Group), 2009-2010.

Intern, M&A, Samsung Group (Seoul, Korea), Summer 2008.
Conducted M&A due diligence on two $50M solar power plant acquisitions in Central Europe.

Research

John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business, Harvard Law School
Harvard Environmental Economics Program, Harvard University
Department of Government, Dartmouth College

Awards

Managing Editor, Harvard Kennedy Review, 2011-12
Fellow, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University, 2010
Colby Prize (awarded annually to one senior for excellence in Government major), Dartmouth College, 2008
Paganucci Fellow, Tuck School of Business, 2007

Other

Data/Computational. Excel, VBA, SQL, Stata, SAS, R.
Design: Photoshop, HTML/CSS, PHP.
Business: Financial Modeling and Valuation, Business Plan Advisory.