As Founding Partner, Michelle has been with On-Ramps since 2006. She leads client engagements, working with organizations across a range of areas, and leads our Policy, Advocacy, and Democracy practice. She also leads On-Ramps Communications and Community (aka: CommSquared) function, supports the firm’s strategy development, and services as its chief financial officer.
Before co-founding On-Ramps, Michelle worked in finance at Time, Inc., where she was responsible for both revenue growth initiatives and strategic cost containment. Prior to that, she worked at Deutsche Bank as an equity research associate. Michelle spent her early career working in elementary education, first as a teaching assistant and then as a classroom teacher.
Michelle holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and an M.Ed. from Columbia University, Teachers College. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of California, Los Angeles. Originally from Long Island, Michelle now splits her time between Brooklyn, NY and WIlmington, NC. In her spare time, you can find her admiring her cat and dog, riding her bicycle, or working as a volunteer political organizer.
