Michelle is an Environmental Program Manager with Tetra Tech, Inc., a global firm providing consulting and engineering services in water, environment and sustainable infrastructure. She works with her colleagues to solve some of the most pressing issues relating to water, from coastal erosion challenges to safe drinking water delivery. After graduation from Franklin & Marshall College with a bachelors degree in economics and government, she started her environmental career working as a legal researcher working for a publishing company specializing in federal environmental statutes and regulations reviews. She earned a Masters degree in natural resources from Virginia Tech and a Ph.D. in envionmental science and policy from George Mason University where she has also taught both undergraduate and graduate students in the environmental sciences. In her spare time, Michelle enjoys recreational running and spending time in the great outdoors.