Joelle Anne Schmitz

Joelle Schmitz (Washington, DC): Joelle Schmitz is a Senior Fellow Emeritus of Harvard University's Mossavar Rhamani Center for Business and Government. Her expertise integrates her lifelong commitment to democracy in a European context, the interdependence of public and private sectors, and innovative public policy across several sectors.

Prior to joining MRCBG, Schmitz served as a Fulbright Scholar and policy advisor to the Canadian Prime Minister’s office on issues of interprovincial and international integration, a consultant to the lead negotiator for the United States in European Union trade agreements and a board member of nonprofit organizations. Schmitz has published and lectured on tools to strengthen global democracy within the private and public sectors of Asia, Europe, and across North America and has appeared as a guest commentator at conferences and productions throughout the world. She has contributed recommendations to executive leadership within a variety of analytic positions at Fortune 200 companies. She’s previously organized, co-hosted and moderated much-needed international dialogues on democracy-strengthening policy among government, academic, and business thought-leaders.

Schmitz earned a master’s in Public Policy with a focus on European Affairs on scholarship from the Harvard Kennedy School. She's completed studies on fellowship at Johns Hopkins SAIS and McGill University, at the Harvard Law and Business Schools, and L'Ecole Nationale d'Administration.