David Lezaks

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About David Lezaks

Core Skills * Demonstrated know-how to dramatically improve organizational effectiveness * Skilled at developing strategy and measuring results * Excels at taking an idea from inception, to funding, to implementation * Experienced collaborator who builds sophisticated partnerships * Successful fundraiser, grant writer, and networker Experience: Led the Regenerative Food Systems initiative at Delta Institute, a nonprofit that collaborates with communities to solve complex environmental challenges across the Midwest. Manage a portfolio of projects that focus on the identification and deployment of innovative financial mechanisms needed to grow the regenerative agriculture sector. Build impactful collaborations and partnerships with organizations across financial and agricultural value chains, in addition to government and philanthropy. Served as an RSF Social Finance Integrated Capital Institute fellow alongside other financial activists who are leveraging capital as a tool for positive change. The program is focused on the use of ‘integrated capital’, the coordinated use of diverse forms of financial and human capital to support strategies that address complex social and environmental problems. Dr. LeZaks was born and raised in the Mitten State and spent his childhood exploring the natural wonders of the Great Lakes. When David isn’t training to be the next Captain Planet, you can find him with his family in Madison, WI gardening, beekeeping, cooking, woodworking, and participating in any number of silent sports.