Michele Fugiel

Email: mfugiel@gmail.com

Michele Fugiel Gartner is an independent researcher studying the role of philanthropy and civil society in Canada. Michele holds B.A. in Communications and a minor in Spanish from the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University and is an alumna of the Asia Pacific Leadership Program at the East-West Center in Honolulu, HI. She received her M.A. degree in International Studies and Diplomacy at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Most recently, Michele was employed with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle, WA. During that time, she participated in Rotary International's Group Study Exchange to Saitama, Japan where she studied the role of philanthropy and Japanese civil society. Active in a number of community organizations, she was Vice President of the Young Professionals International Network with the World Affairs Council and a grant writer for the Saul & Dayee G. Haas Foundation in Seattle. She has also worked with the Next Century Foundation in London, Phoenix Sister Cities Commission, and with the Himeji City Board of Education in Japan. Areas of Focus: Civil Society; Charity; Private Philanthropy; Contact