Milton J. Little, Jr.

Milton J. Little, Jr. became the first African American president of United Way of Greater Atlanta in July 2007. He previously served as president of United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley.

Little has a strong legacy of fundraising and collaboration, bringing together partners from various sectors to address challenges facing individuals and families. Throughout his career, he has helped raise over a billion dollars for local community needs. He has been instrumental in shaping the United Way's role in responding to economic and natural disasters.

Under his leadership, United Way of Greater Atlanta launched the Child Well-Being Movement, which aims to improve the well-being of children, families, and communities. The movement includes the nation's only Child Well-Being Index, which measures child well-being down to the census tract level. This index was crucial in March 2020 when UWGA and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta created the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, raising over $25 million to support 320 nonprofits.

Before joining United Way, Little served as COO and interim president and CEO of the National Urban League. He also had a career in corporate philanthropy at AT&T and Lucent Technologies and served as vice president for Field Operations at MDRC. Little graduated magna cum laude from Morehouse College with a B.A. in sociology and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. 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 Shana Davis Little. He has one daughter, Blake; two sons, Milton and Taylor; and three grandchildren, Joi, Miles, and Langston.