Michelle advises corporations, families, family offices, foundations and estates with valuation services, acquisition and sales of art, as well as comprehensive collection management services. She has been engaged in various aspects of the art world for over 20 years including working in retail galleries (in Seattle), museum settings (The Fogg Museum), teaching university-level art history courses (Boston University and Rhode Island School of Design) and lecturing on various art historical topics in settings such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York as well as venues in Seattle, Boston, Providence and Newport, RI. Michelle routinely gives talks on the art market to financial institutions and family offices.
She earned her PhD in Art History from Boston University and co-authored the Jacob Lawrence catalogue raisonne. She is the author of numerous publications on 20th Century American artists.