Michela Perrone, Ph.D., is the President of MMP Associates, a consulting firm supporting the successful development of nonprofit organizations, their Boards and Chief Executives.

Dr. Perrone is a faculty member of Georgetown University’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership, a Senior Associate of BoardSource, and a consultant and trainer for the Center for Nonprofit Advancement in Washington D.C. She works with hundreds of Board members, organizations, and Chief Executives annually to support their development and increase their effectiveness.  

Dr. Perrone's experience and expertise enable her to be an effective teacher and facilitator, as well as a troubleshooter, a diagnostician of management and governance problems, a team builder and a problem solver, a competent trainer of Boards and executive coach of CEOs.

MMP Associates was established in 1993. From 1978 until 1993, Dr. Perrone was the President of the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute, a non-profit corporation with headquarters in Washington D.C.  Under her leadership, the Kennedy Institute grew from a small school for children with intellectual disabilities, with 25 staff and a yearly budget of $400,000, to a multi-faceted organization, where, in over 50 locations, 300 staff serve nearly one thousand children and adults with disabilities, with a budget of over 8 million dollars.  Dr. Perrone trained hundreds of professionals in the USA and abroad in management skills and in the education of people with disabilities.

Between 1969 and 1978, Dr. Perrone held positions of leadership for six educational and human service organizations in the United States and Europe.  Throughout her career, Dr. Perrone has consulted with hundreds of organizations in the United States, Europe and Latin America.

A native of Italy, she holds Italian and American citizenship. She first came to the United States on a Fulbright Scholarship, and completed her undergraduate work at Macalester College in 1969, and her graduate and doctoral work in 1979 at the Union Institute and University.

Dr. Perrone speaks fluent Italian, English, Spanish and French.