Michelle is an organizational leadership and facilitation expert who has been working in the field of leadership development, strategic planning, and facilitation for over 10 years. Her facilitation career began while she was working at the intersection of leadership and population health and managing community-based interventions with multi-sector collaborations across the country focused on a wide variety of health issues, including but not limited to: public health preparedness, chronic disease, opioid addiction, health policy, and childhood obesity. She received her certification in Technology of Participation Facilitation in 2011 and her certification in Emergenetics, a learning and communications assessment in 2012, her Strengths Finder Certification in 2015, her Leadership and Executive Coaching Certification in 2019, and will be working on her EQ Certification in 2020.

Michelle has worked with large businesses, non-profits, interfaith organizations, government entities, and educational institutions to support organizational planning, leadership development, improvements in communication, hiring practices, and coaching and mentoring. In 2014, she joined General Electric where she worked to lead communities throughout the country in linking the business and corporate community with population health initiatives to drive improved community health outcomes. Michelle is currently the principal at her own consulting firm focusing on the implementation and evaluation of health initiatives, facilitation and leadership development and strategic organizational improvement. Additionally, Michelle is adjunct faculty in the Health Studies Department at American University and the co-chair of the business collaborative on population health at the National Academy of Sciences. Michelle received her undergraduate degree in Biology and Medical Anthropology from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and her master’s degree in Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.