Michelle has over a decade of experience supporting and strengthening communities in Detroit and across Michigan, with extensive expertise in the community development sector.

 

Most recently, she was a Senior Consultant of Community and Economic Development at Public Sector Consultants, a public policy consulting firm with locations in Lansing and Detroit. Her portfolio included high-impact projects focused on affordable housing, placemaking, economic development, and wealth inequality. In this role, she facilitated stakeholder engagement, conducted research, and developed policy recommendations for local governments, nonprofits, and community partners.

 

Prior to this, Michelle served as a Senior Program Officer at LISC Detroit, leading strategy and ecosystem building for the organization’s community economic development portfolio. Through this work she oversaw federal, state, and philanthropic grants to community development organizations in Detroit and supported a wide array of critical programs, including neighborhood revitalization, small business support, community land trusts, and heirs’ property work.

 

Michelle began her career in local government with policy and budget analyst roles within the City of Detroit and City of Portland, Oregon. She holds a Master of Public Policy and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, with a concentration in Housing, Community, and Economic Development.