About Us

Meet Michele

Michele has 20+ years of experience leading in the education, nonprofit, and government sectors, specifically in strategy & innovation, organizational culture, internal communications, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness.


Through various roles in multiple organizations, Michele’s managed a diverse portfolio of work, including: 

  • Designing & leading organizational culture transformation, including the training, development & coaching of 200 leaders, and ongoing communication & engagement with 1100 employees

  • Developing, implementing & managing comprehensive internal communications framework & strategy for org of >1000 employees

  • Coaching & advising new leaders, seasoned leaders, and executives 

  • Leading strategic & financial planning at team, unit/region, and organization levels 

  • Designing & managing large-scale research & innovation projects

  • Serving as internal management consultant, supporting portfolios of leaders to explore complex strategic questions & use various types of data to manage toward ambitious goals

  • Leading evaluation strategy & survey design, including developing “organizational culture index,” and “program quality index”

Michele was raised in Slidell, Louisiana, and holds a BA in Sociology and Studio Art from the College of the Holy Cross. Michele returned to New Orleans after college, where she taught elementary school and then transitioned to nonprofit leadership. Following Hurricane Katrina, Michele relocated to Miami, Florida, where she continued her work in the nonprofit space, before moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, in July 2008. Michele has 2 children, Sade and Gage, and a wayward rescue pup, Nola.

Our Vision

Creating a world where innovative
& transformational leaders are
the norm, not the exception.

Our Mission

LeaderLab Innovations partners with leaders & organizations to facilitate the exploration, experimentation, and strategic alignment needed to fuel innovation & drive excellence.

Our Values

  • Integrity

    We are ethically unyielding & honest, matching our behaviors to our words & taking responsibility for our actions. We do what’s right, especially when it’s difficult & even when no one else is paying attention.

  • Possibility

    We operate from the deep belief that anything is possible. We approach every collaboration, project, conversation, and relationship with intense curiosity - exploring opportunities, considering diverse perspectives, taking risks, challenging limiting assumptions, and seeking creative solutions in pursuit of our goals.

  • Tenacity

    We embody a fierce blend of passion, determination, persistence, and grit. We flow rather than push through challenges, look beyond obstacles and treat them as opportunities to improve, and we learn and grow from setbacks and failure.

  • Equity

    We are committed to reflecting on and interrogating our own privilege, power, and identity; to speaking up and taking action to change practices, policies, and structures that perpetuate inequities at individual, organizational, and systemic levels; and to seeking out, elevating, and centering historically marginalized voices.

  • Humility

    We recognize and accept our strengths and limitations. We’re open to new ideas and perspectives, we make space for the voices of others, and we embrace opportunities to continuously learn, grow, and improve.