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Biography : As Project Director and Industrial & Supply Chain Practice Leader, Michelle develops and implements corporate location strategies for BLS & Co’s Manufacturing and distribution clients. With over 20 years of site selection experience and a background in logistics and transportation, Michelle has advised numerous manufacturing and distribution clients across a wide variety of industry sectors on site selection decisions with an emphasis on utility infrastructure, workforce availability, supply chain network optimization, and inbound and outbound transportation costs. In her tenure, and in addition to her supply chain expertise, Michelle has directed clients in evaluating location strategy, and community/site selection alternatives, as well as property due diligence, property acquisition, incentives negotiation, and other aspects of project implementation.

Personal Note : Michelle holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a double major in Marketing and Logistics from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. In 2012, Michelle was named one of Cleveland Crain’s Business Magazine Top Forty Under 40. She currently serves as Vice Chair on the Site Selectors Guild Board of Directors. She resides in Cleveland, OH with her husband and three sons.

Past Clients : Avon Products, Bimbo Bakeries, Colgate Palmolive, Celebration Foods, Diamond Pet Food, Fanatics, Kikkoman Foods Inc., Merfish Pipe & Supply, MycoWorks, PGP International, Rich Products, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company