MICHAEL GEIS, CFRE, FCEP, FAHP
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

MICHAEL GEIS, CFRE, FCEP, FAHP
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Get to know Michael!

2008

Located In
Omaha, Nebraska

Partners Located In
Missouri

Education

University of Nebraska-Kearney, M.S., Educational Psychology, 1980

University of Nebraska-Kearney, B.A., Special Education, 1975

Charitable Estate Planning Institute, Fellow in Charitable Estate Planning (FCEP) designation

Memberships & Associations

National Association of Charitable Gift Planners

Charitable Gift Planners of Nebraska

Omaha Estate Planning Council

Fellow in Association for Healthcare Philanthropy

Experience

The Geis Group, President & Founder, 2008-Present

Nebraska Medical Center, Executive Director, Office of Development and Chief Development Officer, 2004-2008

Omaha Children’s Hospital Foundation, President, 1999-2004

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation, CEO, 1996-1999

Bethphage Mission/Mosaic, Started in housekeeping/direct care and progressed to COO, ultimately, President of Bethphage Foundation, 1973-1996

Michael Geis has labored more than 50 years in services devoted to nonprofit management and fund development.  He has distinguished himself as a specialist in “relationship” oriented fundraising and an expert in structuring “blended” gifts involving current and future gift components.  His leadership and engagement in various fundraising initiatives has resulted in nearly $500 million for various nonprofits.

Michael has served a national clientele of nonprofit organizations in a wide array of “capacity building” endeavors including development audits, feasibility studies, non-traditional funding strategies and capital campaign management. 

Michael is the recipient of the J. Robert Sandberg Award in recognition of his noble and distinctive services to the planned giving profession.  He has achieved the distinction of Fellow from the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, a professional certification entrusted to less than 100 professionals worldwide, which recognizes individual professional distinction earned through dedication and continual self-advancement.

He is a lifetime resident of Nebraska and currently resides with his wife Ginny in Omaha.  Together, they have three adult children and seven grandchildren. Michael enjoys photography, fly-fishing, carpentry and antique restoration.