Classmate Update: Michelle Henderson Gordon

After graduating from John Carroll, Michelle attended the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where she met her future husband, Patrick. Michelle graduated from UAB with a degree in Marketing and Patrick became an attorney in the U.S. Army. They got married in 2002 and have three children:  Lauren, 10, Nicholas, 7, and Zachery, 6.

In 2005 Michelle was accepted into the Department of the Army Public Affairs Internship Program. She graduated from the program a year later, and has served as a civilian Public Affairs Officer for the past 11 years. 

Throughout her career Michelle has worked at four different military installations as a PAO. She is the installation liaison for local and national media outlets, serves as a writer/editor for military publications, and is the administrator for several military social media platforms. Patrick is now an Army Major stationed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia and Michelle recently accepted a position as a PAO with the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General in Alexandria, Virginia. As a military family the Gordons have moved six times in the past 15 years and Patrick has deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. In her free time Michelle enjoys photography, party planning, and exploring our nation’s capital.