Michelle Thomson

VP, Community Engagement

Michelle has led successful fundraising efforts for three of the country’s best known human service organizations: United Way, the American Red Cross and the YMCA of Greater Richmond. An avid volunteer, she is past president of the Junior League of Richmond and the Memorial Foundation for Children. In 2001, she was honored with the YWCA’s Outstanding Woman of the Year Award in Human Relations, and in 2007 received the Nina Abady Award for professional excellence from the Virginia Association of Fund Raising Executives.

Bachelor of Arts, Economics and Sociology, Vanderbilt University
Master of Science, Nonprofit Management, College of Public and Urban Affairs, Georgia State University

When she’s not at SOAR365, Michelle enjoys listening to live music and swimming.