OUR FOUNDER
ATTORNEY MICHELLE A. MAPP
With over 30 years of diverse professional experience in nonprofit, government, education, and the private sector,
ATTORNEY MICHELLE A. MAPP brings a wealth of knowledge and a deep commitment to the practice of law.
KEY EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor, Housing Policy, College of Charleston
Advocacy Director, ACLU of South Carolina
CEO, South Carolina Community Loan Fund
High School Math Teacher, Charleston County School District
Consultant, Americold Logistics, CAPS Logistics, & Optio Software
Operations Research Analyst, Naval Facilities Engineering Command
BAR ADMISSIONS
South Carolina, 2021
United States District Court, District of South Carolina, 2022
EDUCATION
Charleston School of Law, J.D. 2021
College of Charleston and University of South Carolina, MPA 2006
George Washington University, MEM 1994
Clemson University, B.S. 1991
FELLOWSHIPS
Equal Justice Works Fellow, 2021
Liberty Fellow, 2015
Riley Fellow, 2011
McNair Graduate Research Fellow, 1991
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Bar Association
Berkeley, Charleston, & Dorchester County Bar Associations
Federal Bar Association
National Bar Association
South Carolina Black Lawyers Association
South Carolina Women Lawyers Association
AFFILIATIONS
Aspen Global Leadership Network
Leadership Charleston
National Heirs' Property Practitioner Network
ULI SC Sustainable Leadership Institute
BOARD SERVICE
Affordable Housing Coalition of South Carolina
Business Development Corporation
Educate, Empower, Elevate (E3) Foundation
Frances P. Bunnelle Foundation
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Charlotte Branch
South Carolina Association for Community Economic Development
South Carolina Community Capital Alliance
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Together SC
Tri-County Cradle to Career Collaborative
ADVISORY & COMMUNITY SERVICE
Charleston County Affordable Housing Taskforce
College of Charleston’s African American Studies Advisory Board
Graduate School of the College of Charleston’s MPA Advisory Board
One Region Taskforce
South Carolina Housing Trust Fund Advisory Committee
South Carolina Rural Action Taskforce
Town of Mount Pleasant Workforce Housing Advisory Committee
AWARDS & HONORS
Charleston County Democrats Marjorie Amos-Frazier Pacesetter Award
Charleston Magazine’s 50 Most Influential
Charleston Regional Business Journal’s Influential Women in Business, Finalist
Charleston YWCA Joseph P. Riley Vision Award
College of Charleston’s Phenomenal Woman Award
College of Charleston’s ExCEL Diversity Award
Historic Charleston Foundation’s Women Who IMPACT Preservation Award
National Action Network South Carolina Servant Leader Award