Michelle Carter

Senior Vice President

Charlotte, NC

Michelle Carter is a Senior Vice President at Commonwealth. In this role, she leads the people, culture, and finance functions. Michelle has over a decade of experience in the nonprofit and education sector and has contributed to the cultural transformation of small and large national organizations. She brings a proven track record of Human Resources, collaborative leadership, change management, and systems thinking. Michelle is a dedicated diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging practitioner with an emphasis on the advancement of leaders of color into leadership and building policies that meet the needs of the most marginalized in the workforce. She is a proud AmeriCorps service alumna and she holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Socioeconomic Justice from UNC Chapel Hill. Michelle thrives in mission-driven organizations with a commitment to systems change designed to support historically excluded populations. Michelle is energized by spending quality time with her family and friends, traveling near and far, reading fiction novels, watching dystopian movies and tv shows, and novel experiences in her local community.