Michelle is committed to helping leaders build their businesses and grow their companies by identifying and recruiting the best talent on their behalf.She places leaders and works with those leaders to build top-tier multidisciplinary teams, often from the ground-up. Consulting projects include restructuring departments to improve creativity and innovation. In addition, she guides clients on the selection of consultants for Marketing, Merchandising, Strategy/Innovation, Digital, Design, Product Development, and Corporate Identity initiatives.Michelle recently participated in the Design Management Institute dmi: Symposium Insights – “Shifting Design: reImagine & reInvent” panel on Design Majors and Careers Today, as well as in the dmi: Diversity in Design and the dmi: Leadership Conference. Previously, she was a moderator for the dmi: New York Conference Panel on What Design Competencies Will Deliver in the Future. She has written for Forbes Magazine, examining the rising role of the Chief Design Officer. She is a frequent guest lecturer at the prestigious Art Center College of Design and has served on the Advisory Board for the Arizona State University (ASU) Master of Science in Innovation & Venture Development program, which is a transdisciplinary partner between the Engineering, Business and Design departments at ASU. She has served on the advisory boards for the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA), the Arizona State University Museum of Art, and the Mesa Museum of Contemporary Art. Michelle received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art from the University of Wisconsin Madison and her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.

Shaker Heritage Society is an education and historic preservation organization. The Society’s mission isto enrich the Capital Region by engaging the community with the founding home and enduring values of the Shakers. We do this by working to preserve the Watervliet (Albany) Shaker National Historic District, site of America’s first Shaker settlement, and by providing education programming to encourage interest in Shaker history and its influence on American culture. The Albany site is significant for numerous reasons. Numerous Shaker technological and marketing innovations were developed here including the garden seed industry, flat broom and vacuum sealed tin cans. Shakers developed innovative planned communities that emphasized gender and racial equality. Their furniture, music and art inspired numerous important artists ranging from Nathanial Hawthorne to Pablo Picasso and Aaron Copeland. The Society is working with property owner, Albany County to revitalize the publicly accessible portion of the Historic District which includes nine historic structures & an important Shaker cemetery. The landscape retains much of its original rural character including an apple orchard, herb garden and open pastureland. The property also encompasses portions of Shaker Creek and the Ann Lee Pond Nature Preserve. The Society offers high quality educational programs for diverse audiences and its popular craft fairs support numerous local handicraft businesses. Our farm program introduces visitors to Shaker agricultural traditions through the presence of heritage breeds of turkeys, chickens and oxen.

Dutchess Tourism, Inc. is a destination marketing organization driving tourism to area businesses by promoting the assets of Dutchess County worldwide. Located just 90 miles north of New York City, come experience rich history, natural beauty, bold flavors and inspiring culture here in the heart of the Hudson Valley.

Aided surveyor in structuring wetland boundaries, topographical maps, subdivision sewers, and property boundaries.

CANDLELIGHT LANDSCAPING, INC. is a company based out of 110 AIRPORT DRIVE, WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York, United States.

Advancing Arboriculture in Berkshire County. A full service tree company providing professional tree care to Berkshire County. Tree care in Great Barrington.

If you need to have a trees pruned, removed, fertilized or otherwise cared for call us. ISA Certified Arborists in Dutchess and Columbia Counties with 20 years

RedShift Recruiting LLC is the Capital Region's premier technology recruiting agency with over 100 years of combined experience in the technology and recruiting fields. We specialize in permanent, temporary, and temp-to-hire positions. Our superior service combined with our highly qualified and carefully selected bank of candidates sets us apart. We understand technology and, more importantly, we understand technology people. That's because we ARE technology people.

EMMONS TREE & LANDSCAPING SERVICE LLC is a company based out of 14 NORTON LA, New Milford, Connecticut, United States.

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The New York State Economic Development Council The New York State Economic Development Council is the state's principal organization representing economic development professionals. Our 1000 members include the leadership of Industrial Development Agencies, Local Development Corporations, commercial and investment banks, underwriters, bond counsels, utilities, chambers of commerce and private corporations. The purpose of NYSEDC is to promote the economic development of the state and its communities, encourage sound practices in the conduct of regional and statewide development programs, and to develop education programs that enhance the professional development skills of NYSEDC members. NYSEDC has been serving New York's development professionals for more than 30 years. The Board of Directors and members of NYSEDC represent the highest standards of their profession, and have unparalleled experience and expertise working with state and local economic development programs.