Michelle Rhone-Collins

CEO
LIFT

Michelle Rhone-Collins is the CEO of LIFT. Her philosophy of hope, money, and love has led LIFT to be one of the most effective nonprofits for families living in poverty.

Michelle joined the organization in 2012 as the Founding LIFT-Los Angeles Executive Director, and went on to seed many of the organization’s programmatic innovations that are now core to LIFT’s nationwide program model, most notably the focus on an intergenerational approach to breaking the cycle of poverty, the integration of financial coaching into traditional supports, and giving cash directly to parents in recognition of their roles as CEOs of their families.

A fierce innovator, Michelle’s ability to drive positive outcomes has resulted in innovative projects that are redefining the way the nonprofit sector approaches anti-poverty work and intergenerational mobility. Some of her work includes LIFT-LA’s participation in a ground-breaking randomized control trial to measure the effects of LIFT’s financial coaching program on the mental and physical health of members in the build of medical-financial partnership; and LIFT has become the Family Economic Mobility and Community Engagement subject matter expert for the Office of Head Start’s National Center for Parent, Family, and Community Engagement (NCPFCE).