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Michael Feller
Michael A. Feller
Professor Feller has developed and implemented nationally recognized global corporate citizenship programs. He brings more than thirty years of management experience in both the public and private sectors to his consulting assignments, including successful work as both a grant writer and grant maker. He has been a leader in the field of corporate philanthropy.
During a twenty-one year career at JPMorgan Chase and its predecessors, Professor Feller was President of the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation and Senior Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, providing philanthropic and technical support to nonprofit organizations worldwide. Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President for Community Relations covering New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Earlier, Professor Feller worked for eleven years in inner city schools in New Rochelle and New York City, most of that time in East Harlem. His nonprofit board or advisory board service includes the Washingtonville Housing Alliance, Regional Partnership of Schools & Colleges at Purchase College, Dress for Success Worldwide and the Welfare-to-Work Partnership. He has been active with the Council on Foundations Committee on Corporate Grant making, as well as the Contributions Council of the Conference Board, and he served on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy.
Professor Feller has received numerous awards, including the Inroads New York “Business Advisor of the Year” (1994), the Chase Manhattan Bank “Diversity Champion Award” (2000) and the Westchester American Jewish Committee “Institute of Human Relations Award” (1998).
Professor Feller is a graduate of Pomona College (B.A. in Psychology); Teachers College, Columbia University (M.A. in Curriculum, Ed.D. in Communication); and the Columbia Graduate School of Business (M.B.A. in Finance). He currently teaches as an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at Baruch College, City University of New York.