Michelle Lee, GISP, PMP

Portrait of RSG Director Michelle Lee standing outside while wearing a button-down shirt.

Senior Director

Michelle Lee leads RSG’s transportation behavior research work and has extensive experience managing statewide and regional household travel survey programs. Her background in geographic information systems (GIS) and global positioning system (GPS) technologies was essential to the development of RSG’s industry-leading smartphone-based GPS travel survey app, rMove™. Michelle applies logical thought processes to develop creative, data-driven solutions for RSG's clients.

Michelle has more than 20 years of project management experience. In that time, she has managed dozens of transportation, technology, survey, planning, environmental, health, and physical activity projects. Michelle began her career at the Center for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) at Georgia Tech before transitioning to work for private sector consulting firms.

A graduate of Michigan State University, Michelle serves on the Alumni Advisory board for the MSU Department of Geography. She returned home to Florida in 2017 and currently resides on Florida’s Space Coast with her family. Michelle enjoys watching rockets launch and manatees swim from her backyard.

EDUCATION

Certified GIS Professional (2003-2022)
Human Subjects Research IRB Certification, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) (2003-2013; 2015-2022)
PMP, Project Management, Project Management Institute (2016-2022)
BS, Geography, Michigan State University

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS & PUBLICATIONS

Berrigan, D., Dannenberg, A.L., Lee, M., Rodgers, K., Wojcik, J., Wali, B., Tribby, C.P., Buehler, R., Sallis, J.F., Roberts, J.D., et al. The 2019 Conference on Health and Active Transportation: Research Needs and Opportunities. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 182, 1842.

Greene, E., Bergman, Å., and Lee, M. Refreshing the Household Travel Survey: Case Studies of Continuous Surveys in Seattle and Calgary. Presented at the 15th TRB National Transportation Planning Applications Conference, May 2015.

Bradley, M., Bergman, Å., Lee, M., Greene, E., Childress, S. Predicting and Applying Differential Response Rates in Address-Based Sampling for a Household Travel Survey. Presented at Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2015.

Lee, M. and Meehan, L. Collecting Baseline Data on Physical Activity and Health as part of a Regional Travel Survey. Poster presentation by Lee, M., International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, Amhert MA. June 2013.

Wilson, L., Brown, B and Lee, M. Evaluating a Complete Streets Implementation using Web-Based Prompted Recall for MVPA Bouts. Poster presentation by Wilson, L and Lee, M., International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement, Amhert MA. June 2013.

Swain, S., Lee, M. and McCloskey, S. “Innovative Methodologies in Regional Travel Surveys: An Examination of the Middle Tennessee Transportation and Health Study”. Podium presentation by Swain, S., at TRB Planning Applications Conference, Columbus OH. May 2013.

Lee, M. “At the Intersection of Transport and Health”. Newsletter article, Global Positioning System in Health Research Network newsletter, June 2012.

Lee, M., Fucci, A., Lorenc, P and Bachman, W. “Using GPS Data Collected in Households Travel Surveys to Assess Physical Activity”. Paper presentation at International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Conference, Austin, TX. May 2012.