About Us

Michele Lutz, Strategist

Jigsaworks provides strategic marketing and advancement guidance to organizations, teams, and individuals on the cusp of business and technological change. We help our clients set their strategic direction, design programs that integrate digital intelligence into all aspects of marketing and fundraising operations, and develop the technology infrastructure needed to unlock an organization’s potential. We combine proven marketing methods – both quantitative and qualitative – with experience to create a competitive advantage for long-term sustainability.

Where others talk, we listen. We respect your business expertise and objectives,  as well as your target audience — potential clients, customers, or donors.  We help you communicate your brand story and what differentiates you in the marketplace. We pursue strategies for steady, consistent growth rather than short-term sales spikes. Please contact us for referrals or to inquire about current clients.

Michele Lutz, creator of Jigsaworks, is an entrepreneurial fundraiser, marketing strategist, writer, and data-driven leader with diversified experience across media, academia, professional services, and nonprofit sectors. With a passion for philanthropy and community engagement, she leads cross-functional teams to deliver innovative, purpose-driven results that transform organizations.

Beginning her career in advertising agency account management and new business development at renowned New York-based firms like Saatchi & Saatchi, Young and Rubicam, and D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles, Michele built iconic brands for clients including Johnson & Johnson, Procter & Gamble, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, Sara Lee, Citigroup Financial Services, and Northwest Airlines.

Michele gained broad experience in marketing strategy, branding, digital and omnichannel marketing, and media through business development positions at Universal Music Group and The Wall Street Journal.

Since 2014, Michele has focused on strategic consulting within the philanthropic sector, advising nonprofit organizations on navigating business and technological changes. She has been instrumental in setting strategic direction, integrating digital intelligence into marketing and advancement operations, and developing technology infrastructures that unlock organizational potential. Michele excels in designing mission-driven advancement systems that cultivate new revenue streams, planning signature fundraising events that enhance stakeholder engagement, and securing consistent, high-impact media coverage.

Michele received her BA from Rutgers University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. Following graduation from HBS, Michele was selected as a Dean’s Research Fellow and co-wrote case studies with HBS faculty members that were used to teach MBA students.

Michele currently serves on the Board of Directors of the HBS Club of South Florida, where she co-chairs the Programming Committee, and on the Expansion Committee of the HBS Women’s Association. She has served as Treasurer of the Harvard Business School of New York City, and on the Board of Directors of the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts in the organization’s Ordway Circle of Stars – a unique division that specializes in arts education, and bringing the arts to inner city children.

An avid writer, Michele’s work has been published in The New York Times Book Review and by Harvard Business School Publishing.