When you engage E. Powers & Associates, Esther herself plays an integral role in every assignment, whether it involves executive coaching, development of high-performance teams, or organization renewal and design. To ensure that you get the highest caliber of service through the entire range of your needs, Esther has assembled a team of nationally recognized coaching and consulting professionals to support her efforts. Each of them brings the kind of specialized skills and insights that come only from long, successful experience as professionals in their respective fields.

Michelle L. Matthews

Consultant and Coach

Michelle is a creative, results-oriented business consultant and executive coach with over 20 years’ experience in Fortune 500, educational and nonprofit organizations. Her unique combination of executive coaching skills and experience with complex business challenges provides E. Powers & Associates with additional depth and capacity on assignments that extend beyond a single executive or smaller work groups.

Michelle and her commentary on leadership and change have been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Black Enterprise, Emerging Business, and Smart Money. Her monthly column for Atlanta Tribune magazine, “Performance Zone,” and her appearance on CNN offer new and creative strategies for leadership success and organizational excellence.

Michelle is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Spellman College. Before
joining E. Powers & Associates, she worked as a consultant with IBM, KPMG, and Accenture.