Michelle Alamo Aikin

Michelle Alamo Aikin is an accomplished legal professional serving as Associate General Counsel at YES! Communities since January 2022. Additionally, Michelle is the Founder and Vice President of the Fuel The Drive Foundation, a nonprofit organization aimed at empowering children through sports and education. Prior experience includes a role as Partner at Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Chair of the Intellectual Property Committee at DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, and Member at Dickinson Wright PLLC. Early legal experience consists of a law clerk position for the Honorable Patrick J. Duggan in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Michelle's engineering background includes roles as Project Engineer at General Motors and Engineering Co-op Student at Delco Products. Educational credentials include a Juris Doctor degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Kettering University.