Michele Bignardi

Michele A. Bignardi, CFRE, CSPG

Michele joined the staff of Netzel Grigsby Associates, inc. having worked as a consultant to nonprofit organizations and institutions. Her experience includes working with senior management, volunteer boards, and special task forces. She has more than 25 years’ experience recruiting and training volunteer committees.

As a senior vice president with Netzel Grigsby Associates, inc., Michele’s accomplishments include successful multi-million dollar capital campaigns, fundraising development studies, planning and implementing annual and major giving programs and membership development campaigns, planning, and volunteer/staff training.

A sample of Michele’s projects include:
•Variety Boys & Girls Club – $10 million capital campaign
•Midnight Mission – $8.5 million capital campaign
•Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County – $6 million capital campaign
•OASIS Senior Center in Corona del Mar – $4.5 million capital campaign
•Providence Holy Cross Medical Center – $7.5 million capital campaign

Michele and her husband live in San Pedro where they both are involved in several volunteer and civic organizations. She is the former board chair of the local YMCA where she also provided volunteer leadership to two successful capital campaigns in San Pedro and Wilmington. She currently chairs the Y’s Financial Development Committee.

Michele is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals–Orange County Chapter, the Partnership for Philanthropic Planning of Greater Los Angeles, and the Southern California Association for Healthcare Development. In addition she has been an instructor with the UCLA Extension Certificate Program in Fundraising since 2008.

Michele earned her Bachelor of Arts from San Francisco State University.