Michelle Carpenter has more than 25 years of experience in directing the building and executing of corporate-wide strategies to create a Great Place to Work. She has focused on engaging employees to do their best work, attracting and retaining talented employees, developing policies and programs to address turnover, enhancing employee effectiveness, and increasing productivity and employee morale. Her responsibilities included: corporate relocation, the in-house temporary services unit, career transition center, applicant tracking and sourcing system, employee relations, policy development, and work/life. Michelle’s expertise includes instructional design and training, coaching for performance, organization effectiveness/culture, change management and diversity and inclusion. She is nationally recognized for her work on work life balance and workplace flexibility. She has served on numerous national boards and committees, and has spoken at national forums and has been interviewed and quoted in major electronic, TV and print media including: the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Working Mother, AP, NPR, and NBC Nightly News.

Prior to consulting Michelle worked for Aetna where she was the Head of Learning for Middle Markets’ Field Sales and Service, Director, Office of Diversity and VP of Workplace Practices. She is active in her community and is currently a founding board member of the Windsor Educational Foundation.