Michelle Woodhouse Email & Phone Number

United States

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

Co-leading World Design Capital 2024 San Diego Tijuana impact project Democratizing Design in partnership with The Design Lab, The Design Academy and CETYS University. Proud to be grant funded by WDC2024 and City of San Diego.

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

La Jolla, CA

Co-Representative for Torrey Pines Elementary School

San Diego, California, United States

https://www.pibetaphi.org/officers

San Diego, California, United States

Bloomfield Hills, MI

San Diego, California, United States

Troy, MI

UK & USA

San Diego, California, United States

Developing human-centered design thinking education and awareness strategies across the San Diego/Tijuana region.

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

San Diego, California, United States

https://www.atasc-sd.org/

San Diego, California, United States

World Design Capital 2024 Bid and Transition Teamhttps://designlab.ucsd.edu/community-all/designer-in-residence/

San Diego, California, United States

www.atasc.org

London, United Kingdom

• Co-founder of London-based dance duo transforming women's lives in London and around the world through the art of bellydance.
• Collaborated with internationally renowned dancers such as Ozgen (www.ozgen.uk.co).
• Produced community showcases and theatre productions raising awareness for a variety of women's empowerment causes.
• Performed authentic entertaining and educational Middle Eastern dance pieces involving props and live percussion.
• Choreographed unique pieces involving traditional and modern Middle Eastern music.
• Instructed and mentored dancers of a variety of skill levels.

United Kingdom

• Deliver freelance project quality assurance consulting on the dallas project 'Year Zero'.https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/dallas
• Deliver freelance project quality assurance consulting on the Future Cities Demonstrator project 'Glasgow City Management System'.https://connect.innovateuk.org/web/future-cities-special-interest-group/

London, United Kingdom

• Perform entertaining and educational Middle Eastern dance pieces involving props and live percussion in a theatre setting.
• Manage operations of company productions, including securing grant funding from Arts Council England and managing marketing and digital communications.

London, United Kingdom

• Deliver interactive beginners and general level belly dance 6-week courses with an opportunity to perform in charity showcases.

London, United Kingdom

• Managed the complete portfolio of design innovation projects through the project life-cycle from developing business, ensuring quality, managing risk, and evaluating impact of design in social and economic renewal.
• Developed user-led designed project management policies and procedures creating a centre of excellence for delivery and delivering expert advice to the organisation.
• Delivered change management services and strategic business planning to ensure a sustainable future for the organisation.www.designcouncil.org.uk

London, United Kingdom

• Managed and delivered user-led designed community sustainability programmes including ‘Low Water Living’ and ‘Design Out Crime’ tackling environmental, social and security issues around sustainable water consumption in.
• Successfully managed the delivery of an innovative customer experience/service design to support water metering and an educational programme engaging students to design water-saving solutions.
• Successfully managed the delivery of an innovative programme embedding design to create solutions for UK's crime issues (www.designoutcrime.org.uk).
• Successfully managed scoping independent living projects to enable mobility, support wellness/nutrition, and re-design assisted living/communication technologies, based on user-led ethnographic methods.
• Supervised the Design Council Sustainability Team and Design Out Crime Team, coordinate input from Design Council’s design strategy/skills, communications, research, and policy specialist teams, and managed procured.
• Engaged effectively with external stakeholders including funding partners and project advisors.

• Managed diverse projects in Advance Planning and Orange County Great Park Entitlement sections.
• Managed highly political redevelopment projects for the award winning Orange County Great Park including discretionary and ministerial entitlement applications (General Plan Amendments, Zone Changes, Tentative Tract.
• Prepared staff reports and presented case findings to decision-making bodies at public hearings.
• Reviewed, analyzed, and presented interagency and policy evaluations based on regional, statewide and national urban planning issues and projects impacting the City of Irvine.
• Conducted international delegations presentations, meetings and correspondence about the City of Irvine.
• Coordinated Planning and Intelligence Section on the City of Irvine Emergency Management Team.

• Served as chief executive officer supporting the mission to enhance, maintain and protect the natural and human environment through member professional development efforts and communication.
• Managed and monitored the day-to-day activities of 15 Board of Directors members and committees.
• Developed the first Strategic Plan, implemented new programs and exceeded membership goals.
• Ensured that all policies, objectives and tasks were in line with the strategic operational plan.

• Founded the organization dedicated to enriching Turkish-American community members’ lives through countywide recreational, social, educational, cultural, professional development, and outreach activities.
• Served as acting Chair/Vice Chair/Secretary on Southern California parent organization board, ATASC.
• Managed and monitored the day-to-day activities of over 10 Board of Directors and Executive Committee.
• Created bylaws, policies and procedures and ensured that all tasks were in line with the operational plan.
• Oversaw implementing policies to open and sustain a Turkish culture and language school.
• Enhanced the organization’s public image through coordinating outreach events such as: Irvine Multicultural Association Foreign Film Series, City of Irvine Global Village Festival, Orange County Multicultural.

• Served as a project manager for large-scale master-planned residential, commercial, mixed-use, and open space development projects in California, USA – Brightwater/Bolsa Chica (Orange County), Sutter Pointe (Sutter.
• Managed scopes of work/budgets and prepared entitlement documents (specific plans, environmental impact report project descriptions, community design plans, and habitat management plans).
• Managed stakeholder input to deliver high-quality development and policy documents for clients.

• Served as a project manager in Planning and Development Services for the City of Irvine’s Project Entitlement section and managed environmental/zoning compliance for ministerial/discretionary cases.

• Assisted Mayor Pro-Tem Mears in reviewing council meeting agendas and correspondence packets.
• Represented Mayor Pro-Tem Mears at a variety of community events and supported in their planning.
• Engaged with the community to support grass-roots political activities including support of Measure W to develop the non-aviation use of the Orange County Great Park and the Centerline light rail referendum.

Masters Degree, Urban And Regional Planning

Activities and Societies: President, Associated Graduate Students

Ba, Environmental Analysis & Design

Activities and Societies: Homecoming Queen 2001, Greek Woman of the Year 2001, Greek Scholar of the Year 2001, Pi Beta Phi Vice President.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Varsity Volleyball Team, ASB Spirit Commissioner, Theater, Science & Academic Bowl, CSF, Top 2% Honor Medallion.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Freshman, JV & Varsity Volleyball Team, JV Track & Field Team, Mu Alpha Theta Secretary.