Third Sector
Michele Rochester, Ph.D. has a diverse range of work experience in talent and human resources management. Michele is currently the Managing Director of Talent and Human Resources at Third Sector, where they lead teams and functions related to management learning and development, mentorship efforts, recruitment and onboarding, and team satisfaction and retention. Prior to this, they held various roles at H.W. Kaufman Group, including Associate Vice President, Managing Director of Kaufman Institute and Director of Talent Development. Michele also worked as the Manager of Training & Development at Greektown Casino, an Adjunct Instructor at Wayne County Community College District, and the Human Resources Training Manager at MGM Grand Detroit. Additionally, they served as an Executive Human Resources Manager at Target from 1995 to 2003.
Michele Rochester, Ph.D., has a comprehensive education history. Michele earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American/United States Studies/Civilization from the University of Michigan, which they attended from 1990 to 1995. Following this, they pursued a Master of Arts degree in the same field at The George Washington University, completing it from 1997 to 1999. Lastly, they obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Education, specializing in Learning & Design Technology, from Wayne State University in 2017.
In addition to their academic achievements, Michele Rochester also holds a certification as a Licensed Zumba Instructor. Michele completed the Basics 1, Basics 2, and Toning programs offered by Zumba in May 2018.
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Third Sector
Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. is a national nonprofit technical assistance organization advising our government agencies on how to reshape their policies, systems, and services toward better outcomes for all people, regardless of race, background, and circumstances. Founded in 2011, Third Sector is a 501(c)3 organization that has worked with more than 50 communities to deploy more than $1.8 billion of government resources toward outcomes. Third Sector's consulting engagements are organized into four Practice Areas - Economic Mobility, Early Childhood, Diversion and Reentry, and Behavioral Health - and help government agencies to better use data to understand the impact of their programs, improve the way they contract for services, allocate resources to support underserved populations, and collaborate with community stakeholders and partner agencies to improve services. Third Sector strives to co-create projects with our partners, understand the root causes of inequity, implement data-driven and community-driven solutions, and set up sustainable systems for continuous improvement to ensure that governments can do this work with their partners after their engagement with Third Sector ends.