Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis

Creator and Director of Fondation Connaissance et Liberté – FOKAL, a member of the Open Society Foundations network which focuses on the areas of education, culture, science, community development, environment, gender equity, civil society endeavors. She has received several awards and distinctions including two “Doctorate Honoris Causa” from Saint Michael College, Vermont and from the University of San Francisco, California. From September through December 2010, she was a Resident Fellow at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government/Institute of Politics.