Michelle Sullivan
Vice Chairman, Elected May 2024
Contact Information
(307) 752-1637msulli28@uwyo.eduDistrict 4, Sheridan, WY
Appointed 2015; Reappointed 2021; Term expires 2027
Democrat

Mailing Address:
122 Upper Road
Sheridan, WY 82801-6302
Biography:
Director, Wyoming Enrichment Network – a Priority Fund of the Wyoming Community Foundation;
Principal, Sullivan & Associates; Founder, Center for Inspired Learning Environments.
B.A. Fine Arts, Colorado College 1986; Honorary Doctorate, Human Studies, Colorado
College, 1994; Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Environmental Studies, Graduate School
of Design, Harvard University 1995; Kellogg National Fellowship 1995-1999; M.A., Mind,
Brain & Education, Harvard University 2011.
Founder and Executive Director, Snake River Institute (1988-1994); Project Coordinator,
The Greater Yellowstone (1995-1997); Senior Policy Associate, The Aspen Institute
(1997-2009); Vice President & Wyoming Director, Daniels Fund (2000-2004); Appointed
Member, State Board of Education (2003-2009); Trustee, Homer S. & Mildred A. Scott
Foundation (2003-Present); President, Ucross Foundation (2004-2006); Advisory Board
Member, Whitney Western Art Museum at the Buffalo Bill Center of the West (2006-Present);
At-Large Member, Sheridan Economic Development Authority (2007-2010); Trustee, Foundation
for Community Vitality (2008-Present); State Director, Obama for America (2009); Panelist,
National Endowment for the Arts (2009); Principal Organizer of Building Community
Across Difference (2009-2010); Commissioner, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources
Commission (2012-2015); Teaching Fellow, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
(2013 – 2021); Principal Organizer of Building Communities Where Children & Families
Thrive: The Science of Early Childhood (2013 – 2015); International Board of Advisors,
University of Wyoming (2014-2015). Secretary of the UW Board of Trustees (2020).
She has published the following publications: “Community in the New West: Commons
or Balkans?”; “Education Reform: The Role of Community and Clear Vision: The Changing
Landscape of Education Reform Government Officials on Identifying School Needs, Navigating
‘No Child Left Behind.’”
Michelle is married to Brian Kuehl and has three children: Patrick, Maggie, and Catie.