Michelle Moersfelder

December 2022 - Bridge Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle Moersfelder as General Counsel of Sequoia Climate Foundation, effective January 2023.

Sequoia Climate Foundation (“Sequoia” or “Foundation”) is a new philanthropy that seeks to decarbonize the world economy at a speed and scale equal to the problem. We support bold strategies and efforts that will have both a near-term impact and the greatest probability of long-term success. We believe that solving climate change requires the adoption of ambitious, evidence-based policy solutions that transform markets, advance clean technology, and lead to large‐scale change.

Ms. Moersfelder most recently served as Senior Legal Counsel at Open Society Foundations. Prior to that, she spent several years at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As General Counsel of Sequoia, Michelle will build the legal and compliance function while advising the senior leadership team. 

Ms. Moersfelder holds a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from the University of Central Florida. She earned her Juris Doctor, with honors, from The George Washington University Law School and her LLM in Taxation from New York University Law School. She is a member of the state bars of New York, Pennsylvania, and Washington State.