Martin Furey

An experienced leader, designer, and builder of community-engaged programs, who has served the fundraising, communications, and programmatic and operational needs of some of the largest nonprofits in the United States, including the second-largest federally qualified health center in the country (FHCSD), the technology nonprofit that developed the guidance systems that enabled our country to land Americans on the moon (Draper), and one of our nation's largest land grant universities (MSU). I envisioned, co-led, and contributed to the planning and writing of San Diego's successful federal Promise Zone application (and was the person who rallied partners in Southeastern San Diego to pursue this designation for the City of San Diego. 

I excel at interdisciplinary team building, working from a dual-degree foundation that spans the humanities and life sciences. (I am an alumnus of Williams College and Oxford University, and was a graduate recruitment fellow at Michigan State). Since 2008, I have worked entirely in, with, and for our region's most-challenged communities, families, and individuals.

I have extensive experience in fundraising, program development & execution, public relations, journalism, classroom teaching, editing, and developing PR content and strategies (for high-tech, biomedical, and educational audiences. 

I have served as a Board member of several San Diego-based nonprofits.

Director Of Program Development

San Diego American Indian Health Center

As Program Development Director at the San Diego American Indian Health Center, I work tirelessly to fund, promote, and improve a patient-centered medical home possessing the cultural competencies needed to serve the comprehensive medical, dental, behavioral health, and community wellness needs of San Diego's indigenous, urban populations--whilst making the benefits of such care available to all San Diegans in need. Over the past several years, it has been my privilege to collaborate with colleagues as our team has improved SDAIHC's Youth Center Prevention and Early Intervention Services, created an entirely new Behavioral Health and Substance Use Disorder continuum, featuring three SAMHSA grants, a CDC grant supporting Tribal Best Practices for Native Americans, grant-funded in-patient detox and treatment at Native-competent agencies, universal depression and substance use screenings, and assertive community treatment intensive case management. In the year before my arrival, SDAIHC had a $4.4 Million grant/program budget. Since I joined the team, I authored grants receiving $33,910,395. The "regular" grant/programmatic budget in the current year (excluding all Covid-related funds) stands at $10,160,431--a 129% rise above the $4.4 M base in 2019.

Administrative Manager: Primary Infection Resource Consortium, Anti-Viral Research Center

University of California, San Diego

Administrative Manager, Compliance Analyst, and Grant Writer/Administrator of the The PIRC at UC San Diego Health, which has been made possible by a partnership of community volunteers and research scientists dedicated to supporting HIV research since 1996, with funding from the generosity of donors, foundations, and major research funders including: The National Institute of Health, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the California HIV/AIDS Research Program. The PIRC provides participant-centered services in a safe environment where persons newly-diagnosed with HIV are provided support, education and answers to their pressing questions from caring and compassionate professionals.

Director of Grant Strategies

San Diego LGBT Community Center

During my tenure as The Center's Director of Grant Strategies, grant-funded income rose by 302.3% over the prior year. I worked to promote the health and well-being of San Diego's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and HIV communities by securing grant funds to develop activities, programs, and services that: build community; empower people; promote equity; enable culturally-competent health and social services for our region's LGBT individuals; promote civil and human rights; and celebrate and support our cultural diversity. During the year I was at The Center, I authored successful proposals including a $941,440 HIV Prevention contract with the County (which involved an innovative collaboration with UC San Diego), $321,263 in Community Development Block Grants to improve infrastructure and service to homeless youth through The Center's Sunburst Youth Housing Project (which assists LGBT homeless youth), and $1,784,796 in additional grants addressing the needs of LGBT homeless youth, with impact crossing multiple nonprofit partners. I also worked with researchers at UC San Diego's Antiviral Research Center to raise $750,000 to support the health of HIV+ San Diegans over age 50, through a grant funded by Gilead and an NIH R01 proposal investigating intersectional stigma, awarded at $380,973.69. I'm pleased to have brought multiple, entirely-new funding streams to The Center--and to have contributed to it's MOST-SUCCESSFUL year of grant fundraising on record.

Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation

Senior Director of Programs & Advancement

As Senior Director for Program Advancement at JCNI, I oversaw and worked to integrate JCNI's Programmatic endeavors with the Development team's fundraising efforts, overseeing four development staff and five program directors. Collaborating with the entire JCNI team, and with multiple community partners--including nonprofits, faith-based institutions, corporations, museums, health centers, and local residents--we advanced a Neighborhood Innovation District that celebrates the diversity and talents of the Diamond Neighborhoods through the establishment of the San Diego Promise Zone.

In this position, I had the privilege of working closely with the City of San Diego's Citywide Grants Administration staff, Councilmember Offices, education, business, and nonprofit leaders, as JCNI and the City work to advance an effective Public Private Partnership. My team was honored to play a substantial role in San Diego's submission of a successful Promise Zone application, in partnership with multiple implementing agencies (and wrote over 60% of the successful application, whilst harmonizing the 40% contributed by partner agencies with the final submission). The San Diego Promise Zone serves the historically disadvantaged regions of southeastern San Diego and Barrio Logan.

Senior Grant Writer

Family Health Centers of San Diego

Led and built the program / grant development team at Family Health Centers of San Diego from a staff of 2, to a staff of five grant writers, plus an administrative assistant--a team which attracted more federal dollars to our organization than any other primary-care focused entity in the United States during the ARRA Stimulus years. Personally wrote proposals securing over $5 million for EHR deployment, as well as 4 successful capital grants--that enabled the construction of new, state-of-the-art primary care clinics. Other large proposals secured housing and healthcare for dual-diagnosed HIV+ Homeless San Diegans (through a large partnership with People Assisting the Homeless (PATH), and created a testing and treatment program for individuals suffering from Hepatitis C (through a partnership involving UC San Diego's Antiviral Research Center (AVRC) and Molina Health.

Michigan State University

Management Analyst & Sr. Proposal Writer, 

Office for Research and Advanced Studies, MSUCOM

Served as Administrator of MSUCOM's Research Office, with oversight of administrative staff, working under the leadership of MSUCOM's Research Dean. Conducted research consultancy sessions with junior and senior investigators to brainstorm ideas, define and gather university and community resources, and facilitate the creation of better programs and stronger research proposals. Edited and provided extensive feedback on NIH, CDC and other federal grant applications for MSU researchers prior to submission. Helped MSUCOM researchers to improve unfunded grant proposals for resubmission. Authored federal grant submissions (e.g., Department of Commerce Technology Opportunities Program). Created a Listserv to disseminate research opportunities to college researchers. Created a database of researcher expertise, to better target grant opportunities and facilitate introductions between potential collaborators. Authored whitepapers and developmental / strategy documents for university departments and colleges, as well as the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). Authored reports for the College’s Board, as well as the Michigan Osteopathic Medical Advisory Board. Assisted the Science and Technology Committee and the all-college group of Associate Deans by facilitating the internal peer review process for selecting MSU applicants for “limited competitions” (e.g., one applicant per university funding opportunities). Assisted the Dean for Research in managing the internal seed grant program, which distributed substantial dollars that enabled researchers to gather preliminary data for R21 and R01 submissions to the NIH.

Adjunct Faculty Member: Lansing Community College and Kellogg Community College

Taught a variety of humanities classes at LCC and KCC during my doctoral studies, including creative writing, business writing, world literature, poetry, introduction to film, rhetoric, and English composition.

The Charles Stark Draper Lab (Draper)

Staff Writer, Office of Public and Employee Communications

Public Relations for CSDL. Served as media spokesperson, authored media kits and press releases, wrote content for D-Notes (a CSDL publication) on technology topics. Collaborated with media efforts involving Draper partners, such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, the US Navy, and US Air Force.

Michigan State University (1989-2000)

Doctoral Studies (Ph.D. Degree) - All But Dissertation

Completed all coursework and passed all comprehensive exams for the Doctoral degree. Dissertation Title Breaking Down Modernism.

GPA: 3.99/4.0 GPA
MSU Graduate Recruitment Fellow;
President, Owen Graduate Association;
President, Association of English Graduate Students

Master of Arts Degree, with Thesis

M.A. earned in 1992, Thesis Titled: “A Computer-Aided Comparison of a New-Found Poem by Oliver Goldsmith to the Goldsmith Canon.”

Williams College
B.A., English, biology (1984-1988)

Alumni Association Class of 1988 Vice President; Co-President, Ephraim Williams House, Oxford; Vice President and Social Chair, Prospect House; Biology Majors Advisory Committee; Advertising Manager, The Williams Record; Williams College Marching Band. Dual degree major in English literature and biological science, with a substantial focus in psychology.

University of Oxford
Exeter College, 1986 - 1987

Credit earned transferred to Williams B.A. dual degree. Activities and societies: Oxford Union Society; Reader: Bodleian Library; Oxford Gilbert and Sullivan Society. Co-President, Ephraim Williams House.