Michele Kessler

Ms. Kessler is the director of community relations at the Kessler Group and is the co-founder and director of the Kessler Family Foundation of Boston. She is a trustee of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a member of the Women’s Health Leadership Forum at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a trustee of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Foundation and co-chair of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Leadership Council for Psychiatry; she also serves as the Global Ambassador of the Measles Initiative for the American Red Cross. She is the Honorary Consulate for Monaco in Florida, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Ms. Kessler serves on the board of directors of the Palm Beach Community Chest/United Way. She also serves on the boards of the William J. Clinton Foundation, the American Ireland Fund, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach and the American Cancer Society of Palm Beach. She is an Overseer of the Boys and Girls Club of Boston and of Babson College. She received the American Red Cross 2009 International Leadership Award, the 2009 American Ireland Fund Humanitarian Award and the 2007 Women of Distinction Award from Palm Beach Atlantic University. Ms. Kessler and her husband, Howard, who have two sons and two grandchildren, divide their time between their homes in Palm Beach, Boston and Osterville (MA).