Class of 2025

After a 15-year career with Mercedes-Benz USA, Michelle and her husband relocated to Western MA from northern NJ in 2017 to open Mercedes-Benz of Springfield, a dealership dedicated to sales and service of Mercedes-Benz passenger cars and vans. 

At MBUSA, Michelle held positions in engineering, public relations and led the team responsible for producing and placing Mercedes-Benz integrated marketing campaigns nationally. 

In 2022, she launched FeelGoodShopLocal.com - an innovative online website with a mission - to help local businesses thrive by making it fun and easy to shop a curated selection of local, small merchants and makers online, anytime. 

Both businesses have won numerous awards. Most recently, Feel Good Shop Local was awarded the A+ Innovation Award by the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce and both Mercedes-Benz of Springfield and FeelGoodShopLocal.com were awarded the Super60 Award in the same year by the Springfield Regional Chamber of Commerce. 

Michelle was awarded BusinessWest 40 Under Forty (2018), Working Mother of the Year (2015) by the Advertising Women of New York and Working Mother Magazine. She holds various volunteer positions including Chair of the YPO International Business SubNetwork, officer on the YPO Northeast regional board and held positions in the local CT River Valley Chapter of the Young Presidents Association (YPO) since 2018. She serves in the Cooley Dickinson Development committee, served as a Corporator for Florence Bank and as a Trustee of the Board of Directors at Bay Path University in Longmeadow, MA.

She speaks three languages, is blissfully married and has 4 children - three boys ages 15, 14, 11 and a 7 year old girl.