Michelle is a seasoned professional in the areas of public relations, advertising, graphic design and strategic brand management including social media and internet/digital marketing. She served as account manager for Connecticut's leading advertising and creative agencies including Decker Rickard (now Decker), Mintz & Hoke and Cummings & Good managing corporate, state agencies, arts and non-profit accounts. In establishing her own marketing communications company for small to mid-sized businesses, Michelle has developed and directed communications programs for clients in the manufacturing, restaurant, environmental, and architectural/interior design industries, often wearing multiple hats as writer, designer, photographer, web & social media content developer and more. Michelle also co-founded the award-winning Dinners At The Farm , a summertime benefit event series that helped put Connecticut on the Local Food Movement map. Her efforts garnered local, statewide and national press (including AP, TIME, BusinessWeek, New York Times and the Cooking Channel) and led to her helping develop the State's first Farm-to-Chef Harvest Celebration Week.  For that good work, Michelle earned an invitation to the White House for the launch of Michelle Obama's Chefs Move to Schools campaign, inspiring her to help create Region 4 School's healthy school lunch initiative, Get Fresh 4 Schools. Michelle's key operating principal: "Know your passion."  One of hers is photography which often comes in handy for certain client work.

 

Michelle studied Journalism at American University and has a B.A. in History with a Marketing Minor from Central Connecticut State University.