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Since April 2012 Celia has served as ED of the Instituto de Cidadania Empresarial (ICE). Before joining ICE, Celia served as Director of Ashoka Canada (2009-2011), Managing Director of Ashoka Global Fellowship (2007-12) and Director of Ashoka in Brazil and Paraguay (2002-07). Before Ashoka, Célia worked with the Institute for Development of Social Investment as Program Coordinator for two years, creating community foundations. She founded the fundraising consulting firm Philanthropics (1994- 2013), the Brazilian Association of Fundraisers and served as fundraising coordinator for Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (EAESP/FGV), until 2000. Célia taught fundraising (1995-2007) in the first management nonprofit program in Latin America at EAESP/FGV and in several other schools. Célia has a master degree on Economic (EAESP/FGV), which included exchange programs at ESSEC, Paris, France (1990) and York University, Toronto, Canada (1993).