It’s often Michelle D. who you will have the honor of experiencing when you first contact Collective. As our Client Services Manager, Michelle D. utilizes her gifts of communication & empathy to ensure clients are served well and we stay consistent to our values everyday. By the way, she’s also an incredibly hard worker and maintains most of our core firm administrative workflows, provides year round communication, and helps us stay sane during tax season. She is truly the oil that makes this engine hum.
Considering she was forced (okay, asked) to write her own bio from this point on, she sees herself as earnest, candid, witty, warm hearted and an old soul. She still loves to keep things fun but is equally, if not more, eager to have thoughtful discussions and ponder life experiences in light of our shared humanity. She has plenty of shortcomings but of course won’t bore you with them here. Outside of work, you will usually find her puttering around the house, overthinking, learning, watching something funny or sentimental, and/or connecting with people. She currently lives in Bend, Oregon with her 1 husband, 3 kids, and 2 short but mighty corgis, Winnie and Teddy.