Prior to joining PUMA Group, Michelle was the Senior Director of Women’s Leadership Initiatives for The United Way of Greater Atlanta. Michelle is a member of the NBMBAA Atlanta Chapter Board of Directors, serves on the Retail Industry Leaders Association Diversity and Inclusion Leaders Council, and she formerly served as a board member of United Way of Greater Atlanta, The American Cancer Society, as a member of the UNCF Atlanta Mayor’s Ball Vice Chair Planning committee, and as a committee member for the Georgia Diversity Council.  

Michelle has a Bachelor of Business Administration/Marketing from Middle Tennessee State University and received her MBA from Bethel University. She is from Tennessee, but currently resides in Boston, MA.