Lisa Trefzger Clarke
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr. Lisa Trefzger Clarke is an educator, scholar and social justice advocate living on the Treaty 20 and Williams Treaties’ traditional lands of the Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg. She’s the daughter of a German immigrant and German-Jewish refugee, and identifies as queer and disabled. With over 20 years of experience in nonprofit work and leadership, she now researches the intersections of feminist care work, policy, legislation and frontline practice. Her scholarship includes intersectional feminism, adult and transformative learning, public education, feminist psychotherapy, and the voluntary sector. Lisa is a postdoctoral researcher in the MPNL program.
She’s helping to launch and build the MPNL program’s Women in Philanthropy initiative, which will produce and share research on women in philanthropy, facilitate mutual learning among women changemakers, and increase understanding of how diverse voices are shaping philanthropy in ways that can lead to systemic change.