Biography of Michelle Deasy, St. Helena City Council

Michelle is the Executive Director of QA Commons, a national nonprofit focused on improving students’ workforce success and economic mobility. She manages daily operations, oversees projects, develops initiatives, raises funds, and works with the Board to achieve organizational goals. As a consultant, Michelle has researched rural economic development and labor markets, co-written winning grants for federal agencies, and served on education nonprofit boards. Before entering the nonprofit sector, she spent over 15 years in corporate roles at Bank of America, Atlas Capital Advisors, and Oracle Corporation. Michelle holds an M.A. in Demography from U.C. Berkeley and a B.A. in Rural Sociology from Cornell University. She lives in St. Helena with her husband and three children, all students in the St. Helena Unified School District. In her spare time, she plays in the St. Helena bocce league and is a Masters swimmer with the Napa Valley Waves.