Michelle Meneley is an enthusiastic and committed volunteer and fundraiser whose primary interests are human rights, mental health and visual art.  She is Co-Vice Chair of the Human Rights Watch Canada Committee and sits on the Executive, Nominating and Film Festival committees.  She is also the Chair of Corporate Fundraising for Partners in Art, an organization that champions contemporary visual art within Canada and was a founding member and Chair of Corporate Fundraising for Landmarks2017/Repères2017, a national, multidisciplinary art initiative with Parks Canada to commemorate Canada’s sesquicentennial.

Michelle was on the Board of Directors for the Child Development Institute for 6 years and the Board of Directors of Sheena’s Place, an organization offering programs and counselling for individuals with eating disorders for 5 years.  She has also co-chaired Bloor Street Entertains, the fundraising gala for the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research and the Upper Canada College Believe in Blue Gala raising money for financial scholarships.  She is currently on the Board of the Lake of Bays Tennis Club and is a competitive figure skating judge with SkateCanada.  She received her BSc in Rehabilitation Medicine from Western University, her MSc in Community Health from the University of Toronto and is currently pursuing graduate studies in global health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University.  Michelle lives in Toronto with her husband Pat and 5 children.