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Michael Omenazu

Investor

Investor at Visible Hands

Massachusetts

Writes $25K – $150K checks · typically $75K

About

Michael Omenazu is Director of Community Engagement and External Affairs at Boston Legacy FC, where he serves as one of the organization's founding members. With over 16 years of experience in community engagement, social impact, and innovation, he has secured multimillion-dollar funding across corporate sponsorships, philanthropy, and venture capital initiatives, including a $10 million fund supporting early-stage entrepreneurs and a $252 million public-private partnership that delivered community benefits in Boston. His background includes consulting work with major public school districts and developing programs that have distributed over $2 million in direct community investments.

Experience

  1. Boston Legacy FCDirector of Community Engagement and External Affairscurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
  2. Visible HandsInvestor2023 — 2024
  3. Visible HandsVice President2021 — 2023
  4. Visible HandsPartnerships Lead2020 — 2021
  5. Panorama EducationOutreach Director2018 — 2020Greater Boston
  6. Family Independence InitiativeInterim Site Director I Director of Growth and Operations2016 — 2018Greater Boston
  7. Mass Mentoring PartnershipSpecial Projects Manager (contract)2016Greater Boston
  8. Commongood CareersRecruitment Manager2012 — 2016Greater Boston
  9. Bloomberg BusinessweekCivic 50 Qualitative Evaluator2012 — 2014
  10. Boston Teacher ResidencyRecruiter2011 — 2012Greater Boston
  11. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Massachusetts BayAmeriCorps Ambassador of Mentoring (yearlong service position)2010 — 2011Greater Boston

Education

  1. Questrom School of Business, Boston UniversityNon-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
  2. University of Illinois SpringfieldBachelor's Degree, Mass Communication/Media Studies
  3. Wheelock CollegeOrganizational Leadership Certificate

Skills & more

Non-profits17Recruiting68Social Media18Marketing8Public Speaking33Project Management3Leadership37Strategic Planning6Customer Service5Editing4Microsoft Office5PowerPoint3
+12 moreStrategyMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordCommunity OutreachExecutive SearchInterviewsPublic RelationsNetworkingTeam BuildingYouth DevelopmentVolunteeringMarketing Communications

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Colleagues at Visible Hands

Adam Gibbs
Co-founder of The Shade Store at Visible Hands
Ananth Kasturiraman
Sr. Director, Global Product Commercialization at Indeed.com at Visible Hands
Cate Costa
Vice President at JPMorgan Chase & Co. at Visible Hands
Daniel Acheampong
General Partner at Visible Hands
Darrel Frater
Associate at Visible Hands
Desiree Wrigley
Executive Director of TechRise by P33 Chicago at Visible Hands
Greg Gottesman
Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs (Co-Chair) at Visible Hands
Jackie Byun
Associate at Visible Hands

Network1

Daniel Acheampong
General Partner at Visible Hands

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Michael Omenazu work?
Michael Omenazu is Investor at Visible Hands.
What check size does Michael Omenazu write?
Michael Omenazu typically writes checks of $25K – $150K.

Same school

Also attended Questrom School of Business, Boston University82

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Also attended University of Illinois Springfield3

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Shared employers

Also worked at Boston Legacy FC2

Anna PalmerVenture Partner at Flybridge Capital PartnersKevin WillerVenture Partner at Chicago Ventures

Also worked at Visible Hands16

Caroline FayThe Extra Group at Mucker CapitalJohn HarthorneFounder & Managing Director at Two Lanterns Venture PartnersDevin NashVice President, Brand & Experience at Underscore VCSumia ShaikhHead of Platform at New York Life VenturesAlex RoetterGeneral Partner at Moxxie VenturesRachel PowlenOperations Associate at Aligned Climate Capital

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Also worked at Panorama Education4

Radhika MalikPartner at Dell Technologies CapitalAmit A. PatelCo-founder and Managing Partner at Owl VenturesStephanie PalmeriPartner at NextView VenturesJack McDermottOperating Advisor, Growth at Workshop Venture Partners

Also worked at Bloomberg Businessweek6

Annika in der BeekChief People Officer at Statista at PICUS CAPITALChris NicholsonVenture Partner at Page One VenturesJonas DrombergPrincipal at Revalence VenturesAlex SalkeverPartner at Tech EquityAlexandra StrattonAssociate at VamosVenturesJoshua YingFounder at Sage AI