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Michelle is a combat wounded, retired Army Non-Commissioned Officer. Having personally experienced some of the same barriers that many transitioning service members face, her unique empathy has helped her develop into a dynamic leader in the fight against veteran homelessness and unemployment. She has used her experience as a leader in the Talent acquisition and human resources space to help companies focus on veteran recruiting and other talent related initiatives.
After retiring from the Army in late 2006, Michelle landed her first post-military job with the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training (VETS) team. Little did she know that this would be the catalyst for her career in Talent Acquisition and Human Resource space.
In April 2008, she testified before the United States Congress, House Committee on Veteran Affairs, and passionately articulated her transition challenges as well as a plan to help end homelessness for our Nation’s Veterans. Michelle’s journey in empowering veterans continued as she joined the Hire Heroes USA team in May, 2008 as the Veteran Programs Director. Starting with only four employees, Michelle had the exceptional foresight to see beyond helping veterans and began working with companies that had a vested interest in hiring military talent.
After almost five years with Hire Heroes USA, Michelle was sought out by many companies to help develop sourcing and recruiting strategies and integration training that focused on hiring, onboarding and assimilating military talent.
In 2012, Michelle founded Veteran Empowerment Consulting, a goal with the mission of expediting and enhancing veteran integration into the corporate enterprise and the private sector workforce. Michelle worked with multiple fortune 500 companies and expanded beyond the scope of military hiring to provide consulting services to RPO vendors focused on high volume hiring for frontline operations, production and maintenance technician roles.
In 2016, Michelle worked as an independent consultant with United Health Group supporting their M&A initiatives and focused on building executive sourcing strategies for senior and executive level talent search.
In late 2017, Michelle joined United Airlines as a Sr. Operations Recruiting Manager and Military Recruiting Lead. Originally from Boston, MA and now residing in Houston, TX, Michelle is a heavily networked and passionate Talent Acquisition professional with a strong business acumen, uncompromised integrity and a vision for helping companies become better at finding, hiring, training, managing and developing their greatest assets—their people!
