Michelle Bopp-Smith

Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost and Assistant for Global Engagement

Michelle Bopp-Smith is the Executive Assistant to the Vice Provost and Assistant for Global Engagement staff. She is responsible for managing program elements for all aspects of official, high-level foreign delegation visits to the University and for senior-level University delegations abroad. This includes generating ideas for meetings, coordinating logistics, and composing and generating relevant materials for each visit. Much of this work involves intricate coordination with stakeholders spanning various time zones, continents, and cultures. With considerable latitude for independent judgment, she prepares correspondence, memos, briefs, and documents. Additionally, she serves as a liaison on behalf of the Vice Provost for Global Engagement, managing correspondence and conducting thorough research to analyze complex information for generating reports, briefings, and presentations.

Bopp-Smith is a Rochester native who earned a B.S degree in Elementary Education from St. John Fisher College in 2005 and an M.A. degree in Literary and Cultural Studies from Carnegie Mellon University in the spring of 2008. Upon return to Rochester, she continued her involvement in higher education by teaching at Monroe Community College. After teaching Advanced Composition and Literature courses for eight years, Bopp-Smith joined the Office for Global Engagement in March, 2016.