About
Dr. Burroughs
Professional Coach | DEI Expert | Public Speaker
We're on a mission to do human better.
Dr. Michelle Burroughs
Dr. Burroughs is an accomplished senior leader with over twenty years of experience building strategic frameworks and leading collaborative environments. She is a proven influencer of transparency and change, as she has a demonstrated ability to identify gaps and offer evidence-based recommendations. In 2006, Dr. Burroughs had the opportunity to assist with chartering the first Associate Resource Group at Bank of America in Delaware and traveled to multiple locations (e.g. Philadelphia, New Jersey, Maryland, and Washington D.C.) to assist with launching additional resource groups. She prides herself with leading the charge to establish success metrics, committees, and strategic frameworks that showcase the true benefit of productive resource groups. This has since become a common practice. She has since served in multiple senior leadership roles at organizations where she was responsible for building strategic frameworks that integrated risk management, community engagement, or diversity, equity, and inclusion into organizational culture.
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Dr. Burroughs has spoken publicly about racial health disparities, including at the 2020 Voices of Hope program at the Philadelphia Children’s Museum in partnership with The Mann Center. She openly shares her personal experiences with health inequities as a black mother who suffered a preterm loss at five months pregnant and three sudden family deaths during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In response to the social unrest in 2020, Dr. Burroughs spearheaded the development of a virtual panel discussion geared toward addressing trauma and stress for children. Her initiative, “What Do We Say to Our Kids” had over 50,000 views over the course of three days, providing tools and resources to parents seeking assistance with conversations about quarantine, racial trauma, and other mental health concerns. She was also responsible for developing and executing a process to address COVID-19 vaccination rate gaps in New Castle County, Delaware. The results of her work produced vaccine rates in black and brown communities that were higher than the national average.
Advocating for diversity, equity, and inclusion for the improvement of opportunities, health, treatment, and quality of life is what drives the work of Dr. Burroughs. She prides herself in challenging others to “do human better".
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Dr. Burroughs is a resident of Newtown, Pa. where she lives with her husband and two daughters. She is an active member of the community, serving as a member of the Bucks County chapter of the NAACP, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and is a member of the Special Education Parents Advisory Council (SEPAC) for the Pennsbury School District. Dr. Burroughs is also a member of the Forum for Executive Women, represents WSFS on the Pennsylvania Diversity Council Board of Directors, and is a standing member of the CNBC Workforce Executive Council. She currently serves on the boards of the United Way of Bucks County, Health Care Improvement Foundation, and Maternity Care Coalition and was recently appointed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to serve as a Commissioner for the Early Learning Investment Commission in 2022.
She received her doctorate in educational leadership from Delaware State University, her master’s in business administration from Pennsylvania State University, holds an international certification as a Professional Master Life Coach, and is also credentialed by Cornell University as a Cornell Certified Diversity Professional.