Michele A. Kaliski
(Cornell B.S. '85 ORIE) 
Public Servant

Michele A. Kaliski brings three decades of practical experience investing
in students, innovation, and public service. After graduating from
Cornell, Kaliski studied as a General Motors Fellow at MIT. Her master’s
thesis outlined an innovative strategy for empowering employees in
improving factory operations, a basis for her work as a manufacturing
engineer at GM’s Harrison Radiator and a competitive analysis engineer
at A.C. Rochester. After starting a family, Kaliski turned her career attention
to public service, organizing and fundraising for student programs
in the arts and athletics. In the past decade, she’s shifted focus to the
college level, pursuing investment opportunities at MIT’s Division of
Student Life. At Cornell, Kaliski has worked with the ECE Department to
establish and organize its Innovation Award Competition. Now entering
its fourth year, the competition has funded a number of remarkable
student teams, the members of which are well underway in their own
impactful careers.

813 Carrie Court
McLean, VA 22101
(781) 492-3313
makaliski@gmail.com

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