Michelle Matthews joined Purpose Built Communities in 2016 as Senior Vice President after leading her own consulting company, Matthews Consulting Group (MCG), for close to twenty years. She is a trusted advisor with more than 30 years of experience in organizational development, change management and consulting.

Before founding MCG, Michelle was a senior manager for IBM, KPMG Consulting and Accenture. In these positions, Michelle effectively led teams through engagements requiring strategic planning, group facilitation, organizational change management, executive coaching and business process redesign.

Michelle brings passion, experience and integrity to her work. These traits are the foundation of her ability to quickly grasp the internal and external dynamics of an organization or community, and successfully facilitate planning efforts and community-building sessions. Believing that change is always possible, Michelle is deeply committed to collaboration and creating customized solutions that are both remarkable and measurable. In 2013-2014 Michelle hosted “Growth Matters”, a weekly radio show where she dialogued with executives and entrepreneurs about their insights into growing an organization in today’s competitive environment.

Michelle graduated summa cum laude from Spelman College, with an economics degree.