Palm Beach Event Chairs
Michele Kessler
Michele Kessler is the director of community relations at Kessler Financial Services and is the co-founder and director of the Kessler Family Foundation. She is an overseer of Babson College, a Trustee of Dana-Farber, and a member of the Women's Health Leadership Forum at Brigham and Women's Hospital. In addition, she is co-chair of Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center and a trustee of the Brigham & Women's Hospital Foundation, and serves on the board of directors of The United Way Massachusetts Bay and The United Way of Palm Beach County.
Kessler is very involved with the Combined Jewish Philanthropy's Boston Jewish Coalition for Literacy, a program she helped launch in 1997, and one that has been modeled throughout the country.
The Kesslers are political activists and also involved with the activities of the Boston Parks and Recreation Commission.
Kessler is the mother of two sons, Brian and David, and has one grandson, Cole, and a granddaughter, Emma. The Kesslers divide their time between their homes in Palm Beach, Fla., and Boston and Osterville, Mass.
