Michelle Almeida is an integrated marketer fueled by curiosity, creativity, and tenacity. She has led programs across premium consumer brands at innovative media companies and world-class creative agencies. Michelle is a champion of diversity and committed mentor as evidenced by her multi-year ADCOLOR Advisory Board membership, her current role as the ADCOLOR Conference & Awards Talent Manager, her multi-year MAIP and Women Who Create coaching assignments, and her selection as a 2019 Cannes Can:Diversity Collective Scholar.

Michelle has been honored as 2018 Ms. ADCOLOR and a 2019 ADCOLOR Unsung Hero, in recognition for her work with the organization and her continuous efforts to rise up, and reach back.

Her family is from the Sal and Brava Islands of Cabo Verde, Africa. She holds a B.A. in American Studies with a concentration in Latino/a Studies from Williams College. Her coursework focused on new media and the cultural reproduction of transnational, diasporic populations. She continues to volunteer for the Williams College Black Alumni Network and has been privileged to don our coveted Purple Cow mascot costume on special occasions.