Non-profit Innovator
A RECOGNIZED VOICE…
Michelle is a recognized voice in nonprofit innovation, corporate engagement in human rights, and the movement to eradicate human trafficking and child exploitation. With over a decade of experience in the non-profit sector, she built non-profit children’s right organization, ECPAT-USA’s, private sector engagement strategy from the ground up. Michelle has contributed to government testimony, presented to the World Economic Forum, Institute of Medicine, and the White House. She developed and launched industry-wide training about human trafficking for hotels and meeting professionals. Michelle has been featured on CNN, the New York Times, Thomson Reuters, and Forbes, among other publications.
She was selected as a finalist for 2019 PCMA Visionary Award for Community Advocate of the Year, named a Top 1,000 in Events for Social Responsibility & Sustainability by BizBash, 2019 In-Crowd 40 Under 40 by Connect Association Magazine, one of the 2018 Top 500 People in Events for Social Responsibility by BizBash, Hero by MeetGreen, and a Changemaker by MeetingsNet.
Michelle is currently an advisor to Meeting Professionals Against Human Trafficking. She served on the United States Department of Transportation's Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking in 2018-2019 and Global Business Travel Association's Women’s Travel Safety Task Force.
Michelle currently works in private partnerships at the Center for Court Innovation in New York City. She is a long-time vegan and resides in Brooklyn, NY.
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Recognitions
2019 PCMA Visionary Award Finalist for Community Advocate of the Year
Appointed to the United States Department of Transportation's Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking
2019 Top 1,000 in Events for Social Responsibility & Sustainability by BizBash
2019 In-Crowd 40 Under 40 by Connect Association Magazine
2018 Top 500 People in Events for Social Responsibility by BizBash
Hero by MeetGreen
Changemaker by MeetingsNet
Service
Advisor: Meeting Professionals Against Human Trafficking
Member: Global Business Travel Association's Women’s Travel Safety Task Force
Mentee: Global Business Travel Association Ladders