Bob Breck is National Director of Consulting Services at CARS. Bob founded Lanark Consulting LLC, to help nonprofits to sustain and grow their development efforts and was most recently the Director of Membership at Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media. There, he led one of the top membership programs in public media for five years, with over $20M in annual revenue from three radio stations and over 20 podcasts (accounting for $1M in annual revenue). Lanark’s recent clients include WAMU, OCEARCH, WLRN Miami, Greenpeace East Asia, The Montshire Museum of Science, 98.3 FM Seattle, WMFE Orlando, The Catholic Medical Mission Board, The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota, and the Maximum Fun podcast network.

Mike Wallace, MBA is Senior Director of Strategy and Consulting at CARS with deep roots in public media. He’s helped dozens of stations of all sizes and formats improve on-air fundraising results, bring in more new donors, and increase sustainable revenues. He’s also consulted with national organizations including NPR, Greater Public, Maximum Fun, ChicoBag, AARP, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As a member of the CARS executive team, Mike spends his time looking for strategic opportunities and partnerships that will benefit our many nonprofit partners. Mike earned an MBA with a triple emphasis in marketing, new venture management and corporate social responsibility from the University of San Diego and holds certification in design thinking from IDEO U.