Michelle Meyer is the Director of Bands at Colby Community College, where she directs three bands (Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble, and Pep Band). There she also teaches Aural Skills and Applied Studies and serves as a CCC mentor teacher. In her career spanning two decades, she has focused on the needs of rural education and high-needs schools in both Virginia and Kansas. While in Virginia, Michelle served as an instructor for the Virginia Governor's School for the Arts, a unique program for gifted and talented students from across the Commonwealth. At Colby Community College, she has provided professional development opportunities for local music teachers and reestablished the Colby Community Band that performs during the summer. In 2020, she was named the Northwest Kansas Music Educators Association Outstanding College Music Educator.

Michelle received her bachelor's degree in music education from Kansas State University. After teaching public school in Kansas, she attended Radford University, earning a Master of Arts in Music with a dual emphasis in clarinet performance and conducting. Michelle is an active member of several professional organizations for band, music education, and clarinet performance. Ms. Meyer is an active performer, conductor, clinician, and adjudicator throughout the Plains States.