Meet the Team
Michelle Lappas
Program Coordinator, Mayor's Youth Services Bureau
Michelle is a youth workforce leader with a long-term proven track record in creating, managing, and leading social service/s, mentor, and career development programs in diverse urban environments with expertise in grant writing, budgeting, and program development, a collaborative partner with government and private sector employers or and committed to leading and inspiring teams to achieve shared goals.
In her career, Michelle has:
● Raised over $1,500,000 in donations and private-sector grants for the workforce program
● Rewarded $500,00 Federal Earmark Workforce grant for the City of Stamford
● Created high school internship programming for over 400 students annually
● Generated over 300 internship sites with local businesses, nonprofits, youth-serving programs, and schools