Michele F. Gartner

Philanthropy / Social Enterprise Specialist

Website: http://mfgchange.com
Twitter: MicheleFGartner
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Michele Fugiel Gartner is an active participant in the philanthropic and social enterprise sectors in Calgary, AB.  This has included work with the Max Bell Public Policy Training Institute, as a writer for Social Finance.ca, a member of the Innovation Exchange, and as the Executive Director of Social Venture Partners Calgary.

Prior to this role, Michele was employed with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and participated in Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange to Saitama, Japan where she studied the role of philanthropy and Japanese civil society.  She received her M.A. degree in International Studies and Diplomacy at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and is an alumna of the Asia Pacific Leadership Program at the East-West Center in Honolulu, HI.