About

Michelle McInnis is the Senior Vice President of the SWLA Economic Development Alliance and has worked there since 2015.  A Moss Bluff (Lake Charles) native, Michelle is a graduate of McNeese State University with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management/Marketing and a minor in Psychology.  With the Alliance, Michelle is the director of Workforce and Economic Development, Major Events, and the Foundation and Leadership Southwest Program.

Currently Michelle is serving as President of the Moss Bluff Economic Development Board, President of the Calcasieu Parish Public Library Board of Control, President of the Community Chest Inc. Board of Directors, Treasurer of the Moss Bluff Civic Club and the Safe Sleep Task Force Executive Committee.  Nationally, Michelle serves on the Board for the Association of Leadership Programs.  She also serves on the Board of Directors for The Children’s Museum of Southwest Louisiana and the Workforce Investment Board.

Michelle is a graduate of the Leadership SW Class of 2013 and Leadership Louisiana Class of 2021 and enjoys volunteering in the community and spending time with her family.