Michelle Benz joined Questex, Fierce Life Sciences in 2021 as a senior conference producer and works on several events annually including Fierce Biotech Summit, Fierce Leaders in Life Sciences, Fierce Pharma PR East and West, Fierce Pharma Meeting Professionals, Fierce New Product Planning, Fierce Digital Pharma East, Digital Pharma Innovation week and Fierce DEI. Previous to Questex, she worked at Informa Connect and was a part of the CBI acquisition working in the life sciences division on several conferences. Michelle mainly focused on the finance,  accounting, and contracting side of life sciences in addition to IDN partnering.

Prior to Informa, Michelle worked at Salesforce in the Boston, Burlington, and Cambridge, MA offices and was a workplace services coordinator and organized many events, onsite trainings, product launches, leadership programs, and client meetings. She also oversaw construction projects in the local hub and managed the relocation of teams, meeting and conference spaces and return migrations. She was also involved with the Salesforce world tour events for the East region and traveled to assist with event management.

She has a bachelor of science degree in entrepreneurship and marketing with a minor in psychology from Northeastern University and graduated with honors in 2017. She grew up in Wisconsin and recently moved to Tulsa, OK.