While developing an award-winning culture is no easy task, even more difficult is to maintain culture during rapid growth and across multiple locations. LaBella Associates was named among Rochester's Top Workplaces for the past 5 years and reached the #1 spot in 2018. During that time, they've almost tripled the number of employees, undergone more than a dozen acquisitions and have grown to more than 20 office locations in the Eastern United States and Spain.

Under Michele Ebenhoch's leadership over the past four years as Director of Human resources, they have navigated significant challenges in the scaling up of the organization’s administration, managed a massive recruiting and onboarding effort and are developing the training and leadership development programs that will fuel LaBella’s continued growth.

Michele is a seasoned HR professional with over 20 years of experience working in a variety of industries including manufacturing, retail, consulting and senior living before joining LaBella Associates. She received her BS Degree from Niagara University and is currently pursuing her Masters in Human Resource Management from Nazareth College. Michele lives with her husband and 3 children in Fairport. When she is not working on school assignments or carpooling her children around, she enjoys getting lost in a good book and traveling with her family.