OLYMPIC ATHLETE, CHEMICAL ENGINEER, ENTREPRENEUR,  SPEAKER

This never-say-never professional athlete, chemical engineer and entrepreneur has applied unwavering mental and physical strength to overcome setbacks, achieve goals and inspire. As a professional skier, she competed on the US Freestyle Ski Team for 16 years and was awarded numerous titles including Olympian, World Cup Champion, National Champion, World Champion Silver Medalist and many other podium finishes on the World Cup tour. Four years ago, she applied her Chemical Engineering education to launch Phinomenal LLC, an all-natural perfume and body products company rooted in the divine proportions of the number Phi. Michelle  started the journey as a figure skater, turned to skiing at age 16 when funds were thin, juggled numerous jobs to keep the Olympic dream alive in the early years, and rebuilt her skills after knee surgeries an unprecedented six times! In 2006 she won back-to-back World Cups securing her spot in the 2006 Torino Olympics. In the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, she earned freestyle pioneer status by executing a 720 in mogul competition, the most difficult aerial maneuver that a woman has attempted on World Cup. Michelle’s attitude in life is to live, love, be “phi-nomenal” and to surround herself with people who believe in the same.