973: How Playing Sports in School Can Propel Your Career With Michelle Lenihan, OSD [K-Cup TripleShot]

Michelle Lenihan is a senior advisor on policy management and Operations to the Chief of Operations within the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD).** Michelle has worked at the Pentagon, in a variety of different positions, since 2005. Among the roles she’s held: principal director in the Office of African Affairs, acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for African Affairs and chief of staff for ASD Homeland Defense and Global Security.  Michelle is also an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves. Prior to her work at the Pentagon, Michelle was an associate producer and senior production associate at ABC News. She earned a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master’s in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School.  WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: If you want to listen to Michelle’s entire interview check out T4C episode #971 **In March 2021 Michelle joined strategic advisory firm, Hakluyt & Co., as an executive.  **For daily career advice, insights and inspiration give Andrea a follow on LinkedIn