Michele JL Martin is the Vice President of Finance and Operations at The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment.  Michele has provided expert advice to enable environmental and social organizations to increase their impact. Michele served as a Chartered Accountant while with KPMG France, before moving to capital markets where she was as an equity analyst with Credit Suisse covering software in both Europe and the United States. Michele then spent over a decade advising Root Capital, a leading nonprofit lender to agricultural enterprises in Latin America and Africa, in Treasury, Risk Management and Capital Markets. Michele joined the Grantham Foundation In 2019, where she oversees the Financial & Operational management of a $1bn Foundation and related entities.  Michele begins her Board service to JRS in January 2020 and will serve on the foundation’s Finance, Compliance, and Investment Committee.