Michael Duarte

Senior Director of Learning Strategy, Master Facilitator


With over 30 years at Duarte, Michael has held multiple roles, ranging from design to account services. In each role, he has used his love of problem solving to help his clients overcome their communications challenges.

Now, as Senior Director of Learning Strategy and a Master Facilitator, Michael uses his presentation design experience to help communicators become great visual storytellers.

Michael is a faculty member for PopTech’s Social Innovation Fellows Program, a Communication Coach at UC Santa Clara’s Global Social Benefit Institute, and guest lecturer at Northwestern University. Michael has a BA in Psychology from CSU Chico, and completed the Management Development for Entrepreneurs program from UCLA’s Anderson School of Management.

Work has taken Michael to 6 of the 7 continents – he just need to visit Antarctica to complete all seven.