Michelle Sturgis Michelle Sturgis is a native of Louisville, Kentucky and resident of Champaign, Illinois. She serves her community as the NAACP Champaign County Membership Chair, Healthcare Chair, Education Committee Member, Newsletter Manager of our local branch, and honored to have served as an alternate delegate at the 111th 2020 NAACP National Virtual Convention. She is also the proud wife of an Army Veteran, mother, and grandmother. Her formal education was accomplished from Sullivan University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laudewith a dual Master’s degree holding an MBA/Management Information System (MIS) degree. In addition, Michelle is a member of the Eta Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., an Adjunct Professor, entrepreneur, and author. Her purpose for joining the NAACP Champaign County Branch, as she realized it takes everyone to fulfill the mission and goals of our ancestors who paved the way for us. It is that understanding, that is the driving force to be a part of the solution in service for the improvement of our community.