Milton J. Little, Jr. became the first African-American president of United Way of Greater Atlanta, one of the largest in the national system, in July 2007. Previously, he served as president of United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley. Before joining United Way, Little served as chief operating officer and interim president and CEO of the National Urban League. Prior to joining the League, Little had a career in corporate philanthropy at AT&T and Lucent Technologies and served as vice president for Field Operations at MDRC, a non-partisan education and social policy research organization. Little joins a strong legacy of fundraising and collaborative leaders who bring together supportive partners in the for-profit, nonprofit, philanthropic and government sectors to identify challenges facing individuals and families and offer solutions. Little has helped raise more than half a billion dollars for local community needs and priorities.Little serves as chair of the board of directors for the Center for Assessment and Policy Development and as vice chair of the board of directors for Ways to Work. He is a member of many boards and advisory committees. Notable among them are: the Atlanta Mayoral Board of Service, 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Rotary Club of Atlanta, Emory Center for Ethics Board of Advisors, University of Georgia Advisory Board for the J.W. Fanning Institute for Leadership Development, LeMoyne-Owen College Board of Trustees, Community & Southern Holdings, Inc., Community & Southern Bank, the Atlanta Speech School Board of Advisors, and the Woodruff Arts Center Board of Trustees.A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Little graduated magna cum laude from Morehouse College with a B.A. degree in sociology, and he earned an M.A. degree in urban sociology and social policy from Columbia University.Little is a native New Yorker and is married to Traci Gibson Little. He has two sons, Milton and Taylor, and two grandchildren, Joi and Miles.