About

Michele Lutz is a senior executive with more than 18 years of diversified experience in strategic marketing communications and business development. Michele is the Founder of Jigsaworks, an advisory firm offering consulting services in strategic planning, branding, online marketing/SEO, and public relations to identify growth opportunities for clients.

Michele began her career in advertising agency account management, working for New York-based firms such as Saatchi & Saatchi, Young and Rubicam, and D'Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles. She focused on building brands for clients including Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Frito-Lay, Sara Lee, Citigroup Financial Services, Bank of New York, and Northwest Airlines.

Michele received her BA from Rutgers University (1991) and an MBA from Harvard Business School (2000). Following graduation from HBS, Michele was selected as a Dean's Research Fellow and co-wrote case studies with HBS faculty members that were used to teach MBA students.

Michele has served as Treasurer of the Harvard Business School of New York City, and on the Board of Directors of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in the organization's Ordway Circle of Stars – a unique division that specializes in bringing the arts to inner city children.

An avid writer, Michele's work has been published in The New York Times Book Review and by Harvard Business School Publishing.