Biography
Michele has 25 years of experience as a social entrepreneur and business executive. She is Founder and CEO of Boundless Impact Research & Analytics, an industry research and impact analytics platform that provides quantitative and evidence-based research and data for investors, companies, and funds. Boundless offers Scope 3 climate data and analysis and market intelligence across a growing number of emerging sectors that address significant environmental and health challenges.
From 2010-2013, she was Vice President at Foundation Source where she built a knowledge platform on best practices in philanthropy that was used by a network of 1200 family offices. From 2007-2008, Michele helped found and was Director of Communications for Humanity United, a philanthropic entity created by Pam Omidyar and eBay founder Pierre Omidyar. She has been involved in the successful development of more than two-dozen startups and is regularly called upon for her innovative thinking about impact investing and measurement. Michele advises and mentors a number of emerging clean tech companies and projects, and sits on several nonprofit boards. She is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and has a Master’s in International Relations and Communications from Boston University.
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