Creative. Detail-oriented big-picture systems thinker. Strong writer. Effective communicator. Team player. Highly organized. Resourceful. Resilient.

About Michelle

 

After graduating from college, Michelle lived in Korea and Singapore for 12 years traveling, teaching English, earning an MBA, writing, and working in consulting, marketing, and banking.

After settling down in Vermont, Michelle worked on the management team at Champlain Valley Head Start (CVHS), a program of Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity (CVOEO), in Burlington. There, she coordinated the development and implementation of systems, processes, policies, and services to benefit CVHS children, families, staff, and management. Michelle also led the annual self-assessment and strategic planning process, managed schedules, deadlines, timelines, and budgets, coordinated events, and organized a myriad of program-wide initiatives. 

Michelle’s Skills

 

Systems Design & Process Development

  • Develop streamlined monitoring and tracking processes and systems

  • Set up filing and organization systems

Writing & Editing

  • Create content: reports, articles, procedures, policies, templates, and how-tos

  • Edit, proofread, and format documents and slides

Goal Setting & Monitoring

  • Guide process to develop goals and objectives

  • Use program data to evaluate progress toward meeting goals

Research & Reporting

  • Find facts and figures

  • Distill data into key factors to guide decision making

Admin Support

  • Manage multiple competing priorities, schedules, calendars, and budgets

  • Plan events and coordinate meetings

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Statement

 

I actively promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice for the most vulnerable and at-risk people in our community.

At CVHS, I was a vocal and consistent member of our program’s Racial Justice Discussion Group and advocated for our program’s switch from using Amazon.com as a book vendor to Bookshop.org in order to support local and Black-owned bookstores.

I am committed to reading and raising marginalized voices. I am committed to engaging in challenging and uncomfortable self-reflection in order to identify and dismantle my own implicit biases. I am committed to calling out racism and discrimination in all its forms.

Although I remain intimidated by the magnitude of the challenge, I will not give in to despair; I will remain vigilant about this work in both my professional and personal life.