Outstanding Public Service Award
Michael Blake is the Founder & CEO of Atlas Strategy Group, Inc. which focuses on Bringing Consciousness to Capitalism by implementing Equity and Justice at Scale through Policy, Political, Economic and Social partnerships.
Michael is the President of Next Level Sports and Entertainment – the only Black owned national TV Sports network in our country’s history.
Michael served as a three term Assembly Member in the New York State Assembly representing the 79th District in The Bronx, New York from 2014 to 2020.
Michael Blake served as a Vice Chair at Large of the Democratic National Committee from 2017 to 2021, being the first Black man elected to DNC leadership since Ron Brown, helping lead efforts to mobilize millennials, communities of color, local elected candidates and training.
Michael Blake served in the Obama-Biden administration as the White House Associate Director of Public Engagement and Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs coordinating outreach to the African American, Minority and Women Business Enterprises and state and county elected official communities. Michael created and executed the Urban Entrepreneurship Summit series, a seven city tour coordinating Public, Private and Not for Profit Partnerships across the country. Moreover, Blake along with Bibi Hidalgo coordinated the Interagency Federal Procurement working group dedicated to increasing procurement spend to Minority and Women Business Enterprises, leading the highest percentage and dollars spent across agencies for MWBEs on record.
Michael Blake’s public and political service began in 2006 as one of the first ten participants in the “Yes We Can” training program led by Senator Barack Obama.
In his 20-month, eight state campaign tenure throughout the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign, Blake concluded as the Michigan Deputy State Director and Political Director for the general election. Blake departed the White House to serve as the national deputy director of Operation Vote for the Obama-Biden 2012 re-election and helped expand the diverse electorate that later re-elected President Obama and Vice President Biden, leading to historic turnout among constituencies nationwide.
Michael Blake
Founder & CEO – Atlas Strategy Group