Coming from a family of open-water competitive swimmers and ocean adventurers, Michelle is passionate about ocean conservation and slowing sea-level rise.
Michelle still swims competitively in open-water events, which she enjoys very much, notwithstanding that her young son is now considerably faster than she ever was.
In addition to her passion for protecting our waters, Michelle brings to Miami WaterKeeper 25 years of investment management, hedge fund, investment banking, trading, tax structuring, and legal experience, as well as public and private company board experience. She is currently the CEO of a single family office based in Miami where she is responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, allocating capital and managing a highly diversified portfolio of private market investments. Michelle earned a bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania, where she rowed in Penn’s Varsity Eight. She went on to earn a J.D., summa cum laude, from The George Washington University Law School.