Michele has been with UTIA for over 20 years. She started her career with the Jefferson County Extension office as a program assistant. In 1998, she moved to the Ag Campus as a principal secretary for the Agricultural Development Center, now known as the Center for Profitable Agriculture. In 2000 she became the computer information specialist for the Agricultural & Resource Economics department. She joined the ITS group in August 2013 as IT Support for Animal Science. Michele is responsible for the department's web design along with data integration and application development.