Michelle Smith

Circle Forward co-founder, trainer, facilitator & governance guide for a regenerative future.  Michelle calls herself a Societal Transformationist working to create a world that works for all. For more than 25 years Michelle (she/her) has worked with networks, for-profit and nonprofit businesses that are contributing to a vision of prosperity, vitality and peace for the whole community.

Michelle is a lifelong learner.  As a participant in the Global Reneration CoLab she hosts the weekly Regenerative Governance meet-up and an online NVC Practice Group as part of her journey to certification through the Center of Nonviolent Communication. In 2018 she completed the “Leading through Facilitation and Engagement w/ and Equity Lens” course at Lenoir-Rhyne University. In 2020 she completed the “Network Leadership Training Academy”. She also participated in REI’s Phase 1 training and plans to complete REI’s training as opportunities arise.  In 2024 she completed “Leading Prosocial”, an integrated methodology to help groups become more cooperative, adaptable, and resilient.

She’s permaculture enthusiast, she gets inordantly excited about mutual aid and cooperative initiatives.  As a native of the Blue Ridge mountains of Westeren NC, she measures the quality of her summer by the number of times she gets to swim in natural bodies water.